Monde · Cyclone recovery · ArchivesSept morts : la mousson ensevelit les collines centrales du Sri LankaRédigé 7 septembre 2026 à 21:22 UTCRegarderTranscription0:00At least seven people are dead and0:02several others injured after torrential0:03monsoon rain triggered floods and0:05landslides across Sri Lanka earlier this0:08week. Around 3,500 people have been0:10evacuated [music] and nearly 300 houses0:12were damaged with the central region's0:14mountainous areas bearing the brunt.0:15[music] Authorities say at least five of0:17the victims were killed after being0:18buried in mud flows while [music] two0:20others died in floods. The Sri Lankan0:22Navy and Army have been deployed to0:24rescue residents still stranded by the0:26inundation.0:28This disaster lands on a nation that has0:30[music] not yet recovered from the last0:31one. In November of last year, Cyclone0:34Dwa killed more [music] than 640 people.0:37Houses, fields, and roads rebuilt or0:39still under repair [music] are now0:41underwater again. What remains0:42unanswered is the full extent of the0:44damage as rescue [music] operations0:46continue and whether a country still0:48counting its dead from one catastrophe0:50can absorb another before the monsoon0:52season ends.Lire l’articleChronologie de l’histoireHeyDexLe format court ↗
