Sri Lanka cyclone: More than a million still need aid weeks after Ditwah floods

© IOM Cyclone Ditwah made landfall in eastern Sri Lanka on 28 November 2025, severely damaging homes and infrastructure and leaving tens of thousands of families in need of support.

This article is published in association with United Nations. Nearly a month after Cyclone Ditwah tore across Sri Lanka, more than a million people – including over half a million children – remain in urgent need of humanitarian assistance, as floods, landslides and renewed rainfall continue to compound one of the country’s worst disasters in decades. […]

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