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Death toll due to Cyclone Ditwah increases to 123, another 130 missing
The number of deaths reported owing to adverse weather conditions across the country in the past few days has increased to 123, the Disaster Management Centre noted.
Summary
Among the deaths, 51 have been reported from the Kandy District while 67 individuals remain missing. A total of 35 deaths have been confirmed from the Badulla District while 27 individuals remain missing. Nine deaths have been confirmed from Kegalle, eight from Matale, six from Nuwara Eliya and five from Ampara.
What this story is about
People
- Prabhat Abeywardena
- Sampath Kotuwegoda
- Thushari Tennakoon
Organisations
- Disaster Management Centre6
- Department of Meteorology5
- Disaster Management Centre (DMC2
- Disaster Management Center2
- Badulla District Disaster Management Centre
- National Building and Research Organisation
- Divisional Secretariat Divisions
Places
- Badulla8
- Nuwara Eliya7
- Kandy6
- Badulla District5
- Sri Lanka5
- Nuwara Eliya District4
- Galle4
- Kandy District3
Keywords
- weather12
- deaths10
- toll8
- adverse6
- missing6
- due5
- extreme4
- owing4
- days4
- climbs3
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