Sri Lanka, Dec. 10 -- More than 5,000 houses have been completely destroyed, while 86,882 homes have been partially damaged due to the ongoing adverse weather conditions, the Disaster Management Centre (DMC) reported.

A total of 1,824,771 individuals from 529,741 families across 25 districts have been affected so far.

The DMC further confirmed that 639 deaths have been recorded, with 203 people still reported missing as a result of floods, landslides, and other weather-related incidents.

Meanwhile, 878 safe centres have been set up to shelter 86,040 individuals from 27,145 displaced families.

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