Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20170527:08:55:00
Annual monsoon work its way from south to north. unfortunately, it was just a little too much rain too quickly. this is what has happened. we have high elevations especially across the southern portions of lisir lanka. think about a wet sponge that you squeeze out all the available water in there and that's exactly what is happening. and it's producing a lot of rain. and with the mountains across the area and excessive rainfall, we also had landslides contributing to the excessive number of fatalities currently standing at 91. this is the progression of the indian monsoon, it is just lagging b...