The low pressure area that would become Cyclone Roanu affecting Sri Lanka on 15 May
Date
May 2016
Deaths
101[1]
Beginning on 14 May 2016, a low pressure area over the Bay of Bengal caused torrential rain to fall across Sri Lanka, causing floods and landslides which affected half a million people.[2][3][4] As of 25 May 2016 the death toll was 101 with 100 missing.[1][5][6]
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^"Over 500,000 flee homes as Sri Lanka flood misery worsens". Agence France-Presse. 20 May 2016.
^Eadie, Mark (21 May 2016). "More rain forecast with thousands displaced by Sri Lanka floods". Herald Scotland.
^"Death toll from weeklong storms in Sri Lanka rises to 92". San Francisco Chronicle. Associated Press. 22 May 2016.
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