Sri Lanka Navy is continuing relief assistance to the areas affected by prevailing inclement weather conditions. Three flood relief teams have been deployed to assist people in the areas of Kiran in the Batticaloa District and Thimbiriyaya in the Trincomalee District. Two flood relief teams are on standby in the Anuradhapura District for contingency deployments.
The Navy launched its flood relief operations with the onset of the bad weather conditions, which were triggered by heavy rains and accompanying thunder. The Eastern, North-central, North-western, Western, Southern and South-eastern Naval Commands rendered assistance to rescue and transfer around 7,100 civilians affected by the floods that ensued. Navy’s specialized rescue squadron, 4Rs (Rapid Response Rescue and Release Squadron), was in full deployment providing life saving and relief assistance to the areas which had been made inaccessible due to rising waters.
[mappress] Naval Today Staff, December 27, 2012; Image: Sri Lanka Navy