US Edition'No one helped us': The Sri Lankan community left in a mass of mud and loss after Cyclone Ditwah
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In a message to the faithful, the Archbishop of Colombo speaks of 'very painful situation'. For this reason, the upcoming festivities should not be characterized by 'excessive celebrations, extravagance and waste'. The Catholic NGO in the front row in aid to the population: distributed to the parishes food, drinking water, sanitary articles and money.
Sri Lankans Sift Mud To Unearth Victims 4 Days After Deadly Cyclone
Villagers in Sri Lanka used spades on Wednesday to clear away mud as they searched for the bodies of relatives and friends days after 13 homes were flattened by a landslide in the dead of night caused...
'No one helped us': The Sri Lankan community left in a mass of mud and loss after Cyclone Ditwah
The narrow, filthy streets in Gampola are filled with broken furniture, sodden toys and soiled mattresses. A torrent of floodwater ripped through this neighbourhood and many people had no time to escape.
Cyclone turns Sri Lanka's tea mountains into death valley
Nuwara Eliya, Sri Lanka (AFP) Dec 2, 2025 In the mist-draped mountains of Sri Lanka's tea country, rescuers were still plucking bodies from the reddish-brown mud on Tuesday after last week's cyclone, the island's worst natural disaster in decades. At least 465 people were killed, according to disaster officials, with another 366 missing. Sri Lanka's Air Force has been combing the landslide-struck landscape, surveying the damage
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