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Over 169,000 affected by dry weather across 10 districts: DMC
More than 169,000 individuals from over 51,000 families across 10 districts have been affected by the ongoing dry weather conditions cau
Summary
In response, authorities have initiated emergency measures to distribute drinking water to 142,219 individuals from 43,378 affected families across the impacted regions. In the Matale District, 37,512 individuals from 11,792 families have been impacted by the drought.
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Organisations
- Disaster Management Centre2
- Divisional Secretariat
Places
- Batticaloa District2
- Matale District2
- Anuradhapura2
- Polonnaruwa2
- Batticaloa2
- Hambantota2
- Monaragala2
- Ratnapura2
Keywords
- districts2
- weather2
- across2
- over2
- dry2
- impacting
- affected
- families
- affects
- pattern
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