Sri Lanka Flood Relief

The death toll in Sri Lanka's flood has reached 202 while 94 people are missing in the island nation's worst torrential rains since 2003 that displaced nearly half-a-million people.

Emergency teams rushed food and water on Sunday to half a million Sri Lankans displaced by the island's worst flooding for more than a decade, as the death toll climbed to 151.

Floods in Sri Lanka which have forced more than 350,000 people from their homes have left some families with nothing, the Red Cross said on Wednesday as it launched an emergency appeal to deliver relief to tens of thousands of people in the country.

Rescuers on Sunday pulled out 23 more bodies from the debris of disastrous landslides in Sri Lanka, taking the toll to 92 while over 100 people remained missing in floods triggered by rains even as relief aid poured in from across the world, including India, for lakhs displaced.

Foreign aid began arriving today in Sri Lanka, bringing help to half a million people who have been driven from their homes by heavy rains and deadly landslides, as floodwaters subsided slightly, officials said.

Sri Lankans clambered onto rubber dinghies and makeshift rafts Friday to flee their flooded capital Colombo as fresh downpours elsewhere hampered relief efforts.

The death toll in Sri Lanka's flood has reached 202 while 94 people are missing in the island nation's worst torrential rains since 2003 that displaced nearly half-a-million people.

Emergency teams rushed food and water on Sunday to half a million Sri Lankans displaced by the island's worst flooding for more than a decade, as the death toll climbed to 151.

Floods in Sri Lanka which have forced more than 350,000 people from their homes have left some families with nothing, the Red Cross said on Wednesday as it launched an emergency appeal to deliver relief to tens of thousands of people in the country.

Rescuers on Sunday pulled out 23 more bodies from the debris of disastrous landslides in Sri Lanka, taking the toll to 92 while over 100 people remained missing in floods triggered by rains even as relief aid poured in from across the world, including India, for lakhs displaced.

Foreign aid began arriving today in Sri Lanka, bringing help to half a million people who have been driven from their homes by heavy rains and deadly landslides, as floodwaters subsided slightly, officials said.

Sri Lankans clambered onto rubber dinghies and makeshift rafts Friday to flee their flooded capital Colombo as fresh downpours elsewhere hampered relief efforts.