斯里蘭卡洪水泥石流180人遇難

Search and rescue teams in southwestern Sri Lanka worked Monday to locate and evacuate people affected by days of floods and mudslides from monsoon rains that have killed 180 people.

The country's Disaster Management Center said more than 100 people were missing, and that about 75,000 people had taken shelter in relief camps set up in the south and west.

It added that floodwaters were retreating in the worst-hit areas, but that the need for immediate humanitarian relief supplies remained high.

The military has used aircraft, boats and troops on the ground to try to reach those in need of help. In all, the flooding has affected more than 550,000 people.

斯里蘭卡西南部的搜救人員星期一在努力定位并疏散受連日季風雨所導致的洪水和泥石流影響的民眾。災害已經造成180人喪生。

斯里蘭卡國家災害管理中心表示，有100多人失蹤，大約7萬5千人在該國南部和西部設立的救災營受到安置。

該中心補充說，重災區的洪水正在消退，但是對緊急人道救援物資的需求仍然很高。

軍方已經使用飛機、船只和地面部隊努力抵達那些需要幫助的人。此次洪水已經總計影響到55萬多人。