Thousands of people in eastern Sri Lanka have been marooned by flash floods which also left several roadways impassable, relief officials said here Friday. According to the national co-ordinator of the Disaster Managament Center, 28,640 families in the Batticaloa and Ampara districts had been affected. The two districts have suffered continuous torrential rains since last Wednesday with over 100 milimeters of rains having been recorded in Ampara.
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According to the National Meteorological Service, since 23 November 2009, the provinces of Chaco, Entre Rios, Corrientes, Santa Fe and Misiones have been affected by heavy rain and floods. The communities at risk are those in low level areas due to their proximity to the overflowed Parana river, Uruguay river and the Salado del Sur basin.
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Since 19 November, a high pressure system caused a heavy rain and floods. Rivers overflowed and floods caused landslides mainly affecting the provinces of Darien and Colon.
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Flooding killed at least 11 people in Red Sea port city of Jeddah after a heavy downpour, with more deaths feared.
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Floods triggered by heavy rains in central and northern Uruguay have led to the evacuation of more than 1,500 people.
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More than 12,000 villagers have been evacuated from their homes in Malaysia as a second wave of floods ravaged the states of Kelantan and Terengganu amid heavy rain, according to state media.
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Heavy rains in the south-west of Serbia caused floods in many villages and cities on 6-7 November, forcing some 300 families to leave their houses.
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read more60,000 people were left homeless in Colombo and the suburbs. Some of the roads in the city were up to two metres (six feet) under water as drainage systems were unable to cope with the deluge.
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See also: Sri Lanka floods leave 58,000 homeless (20/11/2009, Sydney Morning Herald/AFP)
In the Erbil and Dahuk Governorates over 3,000 persons (500 families) across ten locations in the mountainous districts of Mergasur, Rawanduz, Choman, Zhakho, Sumel, Aqra were affected by flash flooding following heavy rains and winds on 1 Nov 2009.
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529 people affected by floods in municipality of Guapi, Cauca.
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