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4 killed, over 4,300 affected by heavy rains in Sri Lanka-Xinhua

COLOMBO, Oct. 4 (Xinhua) -- Four people have died, eight others have been injured and one person remains missing due to heavy rains in Sri Lanka, which have affected 4,360 people from 1,190 families, the country's Disaster Management Center (DMC) said on Sunday. The affected people were reported from 125 divisional secretariat areas across 17 districts, according to the DMC. The adverse weather has also damaged 617 houses, it added. ■ Source link

2 dead, 1 missing after torrential rains hit Spain’s Catalonia-Xinhua

MADRID, Oct. 4 (Xinhua) -- Two people died and another remained missing after torrential rains and flooding hit Spain's northeastern Catalonia region, authorities said on Sunday. In Tordera on the Costa Brava, a man was killed after a wall collapsed on him while he was clearing water from his bungalow at a campsite, Salvador Illa, president of the Generalitat, or Catalan regional government, said. "Unfortunately, we must report a fatality in Tordera," Illa said, urging people to exercise extreme caution and follow official instructions as severe weather conditions persisted. Another person died in Montornes del Valles, while emergency services were searching for a missing person in Pineda de Mar, about 52 km north of Barcelona, firefighters said. Catalan authorities issued a red we...