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Flooding has hit low-lying and coastal areas on the Jaffna peninsula, after several days of torrential downpours.
Several camps for internally displaced people, who were displaced by military high security zones and the tsunami, are affected by the floods and residents have been temporarily resettled in schools, churches and other public buildings.
Hundreds of families from Kaarainnagar, Kalaiboomi, Sethengulam and Valithoondal, and IDP camps in Alavetti South, Konappulam, Sapabathipillai, Kankani have been moved to shelters in the regions, reported the Uthayan.
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Kaakkai Theevu, Pommaiveli, Vasanthapuram, Niththiyaveli low land regions are also hit by the floods, with transport to the region severely affected.
Members of the TNA, including MP Suresh Premachandran and NPC Councillor Ananthy Sasitharan conducted visits to several IDP camps including Senthakulam and Nilavan and TNPF President Gajen Ponnambalam visited Manatkaadu in Vadamaraadchi East.
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Floods in #Manatkaadu #Jaffna. Although flood water has receded a little, homes are still affected #tamil pic.twitter.com/914STC2TEe
— Gajen Ponnambalam (@GGPonnambalam) December 3, 2014