Flooding is seen in Sri Lanka’s Matara district. Heavy monsoon rains in the country triggered flooding and landslides. Thousands of Sri Lankan troops battled yesterday to get relief supplies to over half a million people displaced by the island’s worst flooding for 14 years, which has killed at least 180 people. The military said a lull in torrential monsoon rains allowed it to deploy aircraft, boats and ground troops to evacuate people from flooded areas, deliver essentials and recover bodies.