Thousands of acres of agricultural land and food dept warehouse also inundated

It is the weather that is the source of the catastrophic floods in recent years

Six of the group were swept away by the wave but one 15-year-old girl managed to grab hold of some driftwood

Volunteers trained to deal with challenges including floods

The peak is expected to beat the levels reached during floods in 1982

Parisians were urged to avoid the banks of the river which was expected to reach a peak of six metres (19 feet) Friday

A number of people had to be rescued from their cars trapped in the floods

DMC says 67 bodies have been recovered from the worst hit central district of Kegalle

Finance Minister Ravi Karunanayake says 35,000 homes damaged in heaviest rains in 25 years

Soldiers and other rescuers discovered 13 more bodies late on Saturday in the worst-hit district of Kegalle