Over 1,400 families displaced by floods in Mannar

The District Disaster Management Group announced 1,428 families have been displaced due to floods in Mannar, reports Uthayan.

According to figures obtained by the Jaffna daily, 2,903 members from 758 families in the Mannar region Secretariat division, 41 members from 12 families in the Naanaattaan Region Secretariat division and 2,714 from 658 families in the Manthai West Secretariat Division have been displaced and are now residing in temporary camps.

Arrangements have reportedly been made to bring aid to the flood victims using boats from Puttalam.

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