23 February 2017

Sri Lank: drought

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Sri Lanka has been experiencing a drought in most of the country since the beginning of 2016. As of 21 February about 900,000 people in Sri Lanka have been affected by drought, across nine provinces. The total cumulative rainfall has been below normal and erratic, despite extremely heavy rain during mid-May 2016.

Natural hazards