2016 Sri Lankan floods

2016 Sri Lankan floods
The low pressure area that would become Cyclone Roanu affecting Sri Lanka on 15 May
DateMay 2016
Deaths101

Beginning on 14 May 2016, a low pressure area over the Bay of Bengal caused torrential rain to fall across Sri Lanka, causing floods and landslides which affected half a million people. As of 25 May 2016 the death toll was 101 with 100 missing.

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