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Sri Lanka closed authorities offices and schools connected Friday (November 28, 2025) arsenic the decease toll from floods and landslips crossed the country roseate to 56 portion much than 600 houses were damaged, officials said.
Sri Lanka began grappling with terrible upwind past week and the conditions worsened connected Thursday with dense downpours that flooded homes, fields and roads, and triggered landslips crossed the country.
More than 25 radical were killed Thursday successful landslips successful the cardinal mountainous tea-growing regions of Badulla and Nuwara Eliya, which is astir 300 kilometres eastbound of the capital, Colombo. Another 21 radical were missing and 14 were injured successful the Badulla and Nuwara Eliya areas, according to the government's catastrophe absorption centre.
Others died successful landslips successful antithetic parts of the country.
As the upwind conditions grew worse, the authorities announced the closing of each authorities offices and schools connected Friday.
Due to dense rains, astir reservoirs and rivers person overflowed, blocking roads. Authorities stopped rider trains and closed roads successful galore parts of the state aft rocks, mud and trees fell connected roads and railway tracks, which were besides flooded successful immoderate areas.
Local tv showed an aerial unit chopper rescuing 3 radical stranded connected the extortion of a location surrounded by floods Thursday, portion the navy and constabulary utilized boats to transport residents.
Footage connected Thursday besides showed a car being swept distant by floodwaters adjacent the eastbound municipality of Ampara, leaving 3 passengers dead.
