Ratnapura affected the most by inclement weather; 2 deaths reported

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) – Deaths of two individuals have been reported from the Ratnapura District owing to the prevailing inclement weather.

According to the Police, a 9-year-old boy has died as a part of a house in the Batapola area of Wewelwatta had collapsed due to an earth slip.

A 30-year-old woman from Lellupitiya, Ratnapura had been killed as a tree had fallen on to a shop in the area.

In addition, a mother and daughter had been injured and hospitalized after a mound of soil collapsed on a house in Kahangama, Ratnapura.

Meanwhile, measures had been taken to evacuate 60 persons from 17 houses in Kuttapitiya, Pelmadulla, due to a risky water current caused by heavy rainfall.