Five killed in Sri Lanka due to adverse weather
At least five people including a Buddhist nun were reported dead due to adverse weather conditions prevailed in Sri Lanka as a result of the rainstorm that swept across several parts of the country yesterday causing flash floods in several provinces.
Two persons in the Welikanda area and a Buddhist nun in Horana were killed by lightening while another person was killed by a falling tree, Police Media Unit said.
Two Buddhist nuns in a meditation center in Horana have received serious injuries after lightning struck them yesterday afternoon. One of them, a 62-year-old nun has died after admitting to the Horana Hospital.
A 32-year-old mother of one in Badalkumbura, Moneragala died when a tree fell on her while a 42-year-old man in Bulathkohupitiya area died when an earth mound fell o...