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Sri Lanka: Flood: 2025/11/27 Country Information on DRR

Period 2025/11/27
Country or District Sri Lanka
Event Type Flood
Outline At least 56 people have been killed and 21 are missing in Sri Lanka after floods and landslides triggered by heavy rains wreaked havoc on the week of 23 November 2025, in one of its worst weather related disasters the country has seen in recent years.
Summary
Human Impact Physical Impact Others
DMC 2025/11/30
Dead: 193 people
Missing: 228 people
Affected: 968,304 people in 266,114 households
Evacuees (1,094 shelters): 147,931 people (41,005 families)
DMC 2025/11/28
Dead: 69 people
Missing: 34 people
Affected: 219,282 people (61,175 families)

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Report/Articles

DMC 2025/11/30
Situation Report on 2025.11.30 at 12.00 p.m

DMC 2025/11/28
Comprehensive Status Report from 0600 hours on 16.11.2025 to 1800 hours on 28.11.2025

BBC 2025/11/28
At least 56 dead as severe floods hit Sri Lanka