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150,000 people affected by heavy rain in Sri Lanka
World | Dec 09, 2019, 11:21 AM IST"Due to a low-level atmospheric disturbance in the southeast of Sri Lanka, the prevailing showery condition over the island particularly in the Eastern, Uva, North-Central and Northern Provinces is likely to enhance further," it said in a statement.
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30 killed in Syria clashes between Kurds, pro-Turkey forces
World | Nov 07, 2019, 08:39 AM ISTA total of 305 SDF fighters, 353 Turkey-backed rebels and 24 Syrian government troops have been killed since Turkey started a wide-scale offensive against Kurdish-held areas in northern Syria on Oct. 9., according to the London-based watchdog.
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Bihar: Govt schools to remain closed till June 30 as heatwave kills 184, section 144 imposed in Gaya
India | Jun 17, 2019, 05:42 PM ISTThe deaths have been majorly reported from Aurangabad, Gaya and Nawada districts. Heatwave has killed 184 so far in Bihar.
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More than 1,000 villages in Assam flooded, 5 lakh people affected
India | Sep 21, 2012, 07:48 PM ISTGuwahati, Sep 21: The flood situation in Assam's eight districts has turned for the worse with more than one thousand villages inundated by the swirling Brahmaputra flood waters. More than five lakh people have been