KALUTARA, Sri Lanka (June 15, 2017) Ensign Natalie Miller from the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Lake Erie (CG 70) interacts with students at the Kalutara-Molkawa School near Kalutara, Sri Lanka, June 15 during a community engagement event in support of humanitarian assistance operations in the wake of severe flooding and landslides that devastated many regions of the country. Recent heavy rainfalls brought by a southwestern monsoon triggered flooding and landslides throughout the country, displacing thousands of people and causing significant damage to homes and buildings.

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