Cyclone Ditwah brings worst flooding in decades to Sri Lanka, killing hundreds

© UNICEF/InceptChange Gampaha (pictured), a district on Colombo's outskirts, has been among the areas hardest hit by flooding after Cyclone Ditwah.This article is published in association with United Nations. Sri Lanka is facing one of its worst flood disasters in two decades, with nearly one million people affected and more than 400 reported dead or missing after Cyclone Ditwah unleashed catastrophic flooding and landslides across the island. According to the UN relief coordination office, OCHA, 998,918 […]
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