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Dry wells and shrinking water holes as drought grips Sri Lanka

First reported 2026-10-08 09:47 UTC · Updated 2026-10-08 22:48 UTC · 2 independent sources

MEDIRIGIRIYA, Sri Lanka: When the decades-long civil war that forced Samantha Pushpakumara from his village in north-central Sri Lanka ended, he was finally able to return home to a life of farming that he thought would give his family a stable future. That was until the rains didn’t come.

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  1. 2026-10-08 09:47 UTCEuronews · euronews.com ↗
  2. 2026-10-08 22:48 UTCArab News · arabnews.com ↗

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