overflowing its banks and submerging their town. This was no typical flood, though. The area needed a new reservoir, and Aceredo was sacrificed to make way for it. Now, the ghost town is re ...

Colombo, March 04 (Daily Mirror) - The water levels of 44 reservoirs out of the 73 main reservoirs have started spilling due to the heavy rains received in the catchment areas over the past few ...

Reservoir built following 1997 ‘flood of ... also helped prevent its main river from overflowing.