While the worst affected number of people are from Ampara, the highest overnight rainfall has been recorded in Batticaloa district

At least nine people were killed and tens of thousands more displaced in eastern and central Sri Lanka within the last two weeks due to floods caused by heavy rains, authorities said.

Two of them were killed last month.

Two children are among the dead and more than 7,50,000 people have been displaced in the recent flood wave, according to the Disaster Management Centre (DMC).

Four people were killed in the central Sri Lankan town of Kandy said Pradeep Kodippili, DMC assistant director told BBC Sandeshaya.

Irrigation tanks damaged

He said that fifty-five thousand people displaced by the floods had now been moved to relief camps.

	Irrigation tanks were also damaged raising a serious concern over the crop cultivation

800 houses are destroyed and nearly 3000 houses are partially damaged as a result, he added.

The worst affected number of people are from Ampara, in eastern Sri Lanka. The highest overnight rainfall has been recorded in Batticaloa district.

On Sunday, all train services were suspended from Batticaloa as the train tracks were also damaged by the floods.

Minister SM Chandrasena told BBC Sandeshaya that many irrigation tanks were also damaged raising a serious concern over the crop cultivation in the coming months.

Meanwhile, hoteliers in the eastern district of Trincomalee told BBC that the tourist industry has been affected.

The meteorological department said heavy rains will continue till Monday.

NB Weragama, operations director at the Disaster Management Centre has told the AFP new agency that 1,500 troops had joined rescue efforts to evacuate marooned villagers.