COLOMBO: Flash floods crippled relief work in eastern Sri Lanka yesterday dealing a double blow to tsunami survivors as another 14,000 people were reported missing apart from the nearly 29,000 confirmed dead.
At least 15 tsunami refugee camps were flooded after heavy overnight rains dumped 330mm of water over the coastal region which was the hardest hit in last week's disaster, chief local administrator Herath Abeyweera said.
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