Desperate Sri Lankans clambered onto rubber dinghies and makeshift rafts to flee their homes in the flooded capital Colombo as fresh downpours elsewhere stalled rescue efforts at disaster zones.
Flood-affected Sri Lankans struggle to cross a torrent of floodwaters in Kelaniya, on the outskirts of Colombo on May 21.
People sit atop a roof of a house on a side of a flooded road in Biyagama, Sri Lanka May 20, 2016. REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte
Sri Lankan flood victims carry food parcels and drinking water through floodwaters in the suburb of Kaduwela in Colombo
Sri Lankan navy personnel evacuate a wheelchair bound resident following flooding in the Kolonnawa suburb of Colombo on May 21.
Sri Lankan residents walk through floodwaters in the Colombo suburb of Kaduwela on May 20
A cyclist rides past as pre-monsoon clouds loom over Karnal’s sky
A motorcyclist rides during pre-monsoon rain in Karnal on June 15, 2015. Pre-monsoon showers lashed several parts of the region.
A view of vehicles submerged in floodwater a spell of heavy rainfall in Guwahati on Juen 16, 2016.
A woman and her children wade through floodwater heavy rain in Guwahati on June 16, 2016.
A woman rides in the rain in Karnal on June 15, 2016.
Fog covers Shimla’s mountains on June 15, 2016
People help a car stuck in floodwater in Moga, Punjab, on June 14. 2016.
Rain lashes Hisar on June 14. 2016.
A part of the reason for the system’s early arrival, according to the IMD, is the cyclone over Bay of Bengal. The June-September south-west monsoon accounts for 70% of the country’s rainfall, feeding 60% of the country’s farmlands that are the backbone for the economy
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