The number of people affected by the ongoing extreme dry weather has risen to 97,490.
The Disaster Management Center says that the Jaffna district has been most affected by the dry weather.
69,113 people have been affected in that district.
Meanwhile, the report issued by the Disaster Management Center shows that 8 districts have been affected by the dry weather.
Those districts are Ratnapura, Trincomalee, Puttalam, Kurunegala, Jaffna, Mannar, Mullaitivu and Badulla.
The number of affected families in those districts is 30,128.