Torrential rain has triggered severe floods and landslides across south and southeast Asia.
Millions of people have been affected, and hundreds have been killed.
Sri Lanka’s government has declared a state of emergency, after days of floods and mudslides.
Schools are closed and exams have been postponed.
People are carrying bodies through mud and rain, with communities cut off by the landslides.
Al Jazeera’s Minelle Fernandez reports from Sammanthurai, eastern Sri Lanka.
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