Chinese rescue workers help in clean-up after Sri Lanka floods
513 views · Published 2 June 2017 · 0:55 · Indexed 24 October 2026
Channel: AFP News Agency · 2017 · News & Politics
Chinese rescue workers help to clear a flood-affected area in Yatagampitiya village in the Sri Lankan district of Bulathsinhala. Sri Lanka pledged on May 31 to tighten construction laws as the toll from heavy rains rose to 203, saying many landslide victims would have survived had their homes not been built on slopes.
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