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1,200 landslides in Sri Lanka by Cyclone Ditwah, 20-pct of land under water: UNDP
The floodwaters reached nearly 720,000 buildings, about one in every twelve buildings in the country
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An estimated 2.3 million people - han half of them women - were living in areas flooded by Cyclone Ditwah that struck Sri Lanka on 28 November. Similarly, over 278 km of railway tracks and 480 bridges were located in flooded areas, the statement said."Cyclone Ditwah struck regions already weakened by years of economic stress," said Azusa Kubota, UNDP Resident Representative in Sri Lanka.
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