Dilrukshi Handunnetti
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/ 19 January 2005

Tsunami forms salty crust over farmland

Last month’s tsunami inundated Sri Lanka’s water supplies and agricultural land with salt water. Despite concerns raised by United Nations officials, Sri Lankan authorities claim the island’s food security is not threatened. The tsunami waves contaminated water and damaged crops most heavily on Sri Lanka’s east coast, whose rice fields produce more than one-third of the country’s total harvest.