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Table 51 (Cli., Disaster)
Details of Major Floods
Cli51e
Year Affected Area No. of Families Relief Expenditure
Affected (Rupee Million)
1947 ALL AREAS n.a. 1.9
  Colombo    
  Kalutara    
  Kandy    
  Kegalle    
  Ratnapura    
  Trincomalee    
1957 ALL AREAS n.a. 7.2
  Anuradhapura    
  Badulla    
  Batticaloa    
  Colombo    
  Hambantota    
  Jaffna    
  Kandy    
  Matale    
  Puttalam    
  Trincomalee    
  Vavuniya    
1970/71 ALL AREAS n.a. n.a.
  Ampara    
  Anuradhapura    
  Batticaloa    
  Galle    
  Hambantota    
  Jaffna    
  Kalutara    
  Kandy    
  Kegalle    
  Matara    
  Nuwara-Eliya    
  Puttalam    
  Ratnapura    
  Trincomalee    
  Vavuniya    
1974 ALL AREAS n.a. n.a.
  Ampara    
  Batticaloa    
  Colombo    
  Galle    
  Jaffna    
  Kalutara    
  Kandy    
  Polonnaruwa    
  Ratnapura    
  Trincomalee    
  Vavuniya    
1982 ALL AREAS n.a. n.a.
  Ampara    
  Batticaloa    
  Colombo    
  Galle    
  Gampaha    
  Jaffna    
  Kalutara    
  Kegalle    
  Matara    
  Moneragala    
  Polonnaruwa    
  Ratnapura    
  Trincomalee    
  Vavuniya    
1984 ALL AREAS 297,517.0 49.0
  Ampara    
  Anuradhapura    
  Batticaloa    
  Colombo    
  Galle    
  Gampaha    
  Jaffna    
  Kalutara    
  Kandy    
  Kilinochchi    
  Mannar    
  Matale    
  Mulativu    
  Polonnaruwa    
  Puttalam    
  Trincomalee    
  Vavuniya    
1989 ALL AREAS 84,918.0 85.0
  Colombo    
  Galle    
  Gampaha    
  Kalutara    
  Kegalle    
  Matara    
  Nuwara-Eliya    
  Ratnapura    
1991 ALL AREAS 259,285.0 788.0
  Galle    
  Kalutara    
  Kegalle    
  Matara    
  Ratnapura    
1992 ALL AREAS 302,348.0 1,540.0
  Colombo    
  Galle    
  Gampaha    
  Kalutara    
  Kandy    
  Kegalle    
  Matara    
  Ratnapura    
1993 ALL AREAS 229,042.0 982.0
  Ampara    
  Batticaloa    
  Jaffna    
  Kandy    
  Kilinochchi    
  Kurunegala    
  Mannar    
  Mulativu    
  Puttalam    
  Ratnapura    
  Trincomalee    
  Vavuniya    
1995 ALL AREAS 91,386.0 519.0
  Ampara    
  Anuradhapura    
  Badulla    
  Batticaloa    
  Colombo    
  Galle    
  Gampaha    
  Hambantota    
  Jaffna    
  Kalutara    
  Kandy    
  Kegalle    
  Kurunegala    
  Mannar    
  Matale    
  Matara    
  Moneragala    
  Nuwara-Eliya    
  Polonnaruwa    
  Puttalam    
  Ratnapura    
  Trincomalee    
  Vavuniya    
© 2004, KRI (Kusaka Research Institute) 
Source:
Department of Social Services of Sri Lanka.
Revised:  2004(y)/04(m)/25(d)
Chief Editor:
Dr. Milton Rajaratne (B.Com., M.Sc., Ph.D.)
     The former Head, Department of Management Studies
     University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka