The Sri Lanka Navy is continuing extensive rescue and relief operations in areas affected by flooding caused by the breach of a section of the Mavil Aru tank embankment in Trincomalee on 30 November 2025, following heavy rainfall.
As of today (01), naval teams have safely evacuated 309 affected residents from the Muthur area and relocated them to the Galkanda Viharaya in Muthur for shelter, according to the Sri Lanka Navy. In addition, a Navy landing craft and an inshore patrol craft remain deployed off the Muthur coast, prepared to support ongoing humanitarian assistance and disaster relief efforts.
Summarised from Ada Derana
Places- Trincomalee2
- Sri Lanka2
- Muthur2
- Mavil Aru tank embankment
- Galkanda Viharaya
- Mavil Aru
Keywords- rescues2
- breach2
- people2
- extensive
- following
- triggered
- flooding
- over
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