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Sri Lanka deploys thousands of troops as flood toll climbs to 169

Thousands of Sri Lankan troops battle to get relief supplies to nearly half a million people displaced by the island's worst flooding in well over a decade, as death toll rises to 169.

UK floods: Homes evacuated amid heavy rain

More flooding in northern England due to heavy rains, with homes evacuated in Lancashire and Yorkshire, and rivers overflowing in Manchester and Leeds.

May 28, 2017
May 28, 2017

Sri Lanka deploys thousands of troops as flood toll climbs to 169

Thousands of Sri Lankan troops battle to get relief supplies to nearly half a million people displaced by the island's worst flooding in well over a decade, as death toll rises to 169.

December 27, 2015
December 27, 2015

UK floods: Homes evacuated amid heavy rain

More flooding in northern England due to heavy rains, with homes evacuated in Lancashire and Yorkshire, and rivers overflowing in Manchester and Leeds.