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21 dead, 270,000 homeless in Sri Lankan floods

(Agencies)
Updated: 2011-01-13 19:39
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COLOMBO - Sri Lanka's government says three more people have been killed by widespread floods and mudslides, bringing the death toll from days of heavy rain to 21.

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The Disaster Management Center said Thursday that more than a million people have been affected by the rains, with 270,000 becoming homeless.

Many villages in Eastern Province have been inundated, with some cut off from supplies.