 | | | 300,000 people were displaced in the north, officials say |
The authorities in northern Sri Lanka say the flooding which has displaced around three-hundred-thousand people has now started to recede. At least nine people have died as a result of the floods, minister in charge of disaster relief Amir Ali told BBC Sandeshaya. Around eight thousand homes have been destroyed in the Jaffna peninsula and the Kilinochchi and Mulaitivu districts which have seen heavy fighting between the army and Tamil Tiger rebels. The Sri Lankan army said it was providing assistance to those affected and the transport authority was repairing roads that had been damaged by the floods. The meteorology department said the rainfall in the region was the heaviest since 1918. | 
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