Tamil Diplomat

Flood Disaster in North – 114,000 persons affected – Worst affected Killinochchi with 70,000 affected

Samakalam
December 28

The Disaster Management Centre has announced that due to the Flood Disaster in the North, 114,458 persons belonging to 36,594 families had been affected.10,424 persons from 3,258 families had been displaced and housed in Transit camps.

This report is based on reports received up to 6.00 p.m. on Thursday. A break down of affected people by Divisional Secretary areas is given below.

District	Division	Families	Persons	Transit camps	Families	persons	Houses damaged partly	Houses damaged fully	Casualties
Mulaitheevu	Odduchuddan	2,322	7,286	01	54	176	542	–
	Puthukudiyiruppu	4,755	15,138	10	512	4,173	1,512	82
	Thunnukkai	331	1,004
	Karaithuraipattu	1,719	5,483				73	04
	Manthai East	439	1,569
	Weli Oya	08	19				01
Kilinochchi	Karaichchi	9,733	31,166	06	789	2,501	99	25
	Kandawalai	7,865	25,720	09	801	2,713	251	30
	Pooneryn	2,753	6,494	01	39	127	520	02
	Pachchilaipalli	2,218	7,270	01	13	38	122
Mannar	Mannar Town	27	85	01	27	85
	Nanattan	12	56
Jaffna	Maruthankerny	4,257	12,642	01	06	10			01 killed 02 businesses destroyed
Vavuniya	Vavuniya North	155	526	02	23	71	02