Sri Lanka seeks aid after flooding

Wednesday, May 21, 2003

RATNAPURA, Sri Lanka -- Sri Lanka needs international assistance in the aftermath of its worst flooding in five decades, which has killed at least 300 people and left an estimated 150,000 people homeless, the government said Tuesday.

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