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Cyclone Ditwah near a way of demolition successful Sri Lanka since it’s enactment from a heavy slump on the land nation’s south-eastern seashore connected November 26, 2025.
The decease toll has risen to 474 arsenic of 10 a.m. connected December 3, 2025, according to the concern study by Sri Lanka’s Disaster Management Center. Almost 25% (118) of the deaths were reported successful the territory of Kandy, arsenic shown successful the graphic below.
Over 15 lakh radical person been affected, of which astatine slightest 2 lakh are displaced and presently placed successful 53,758 information centers crossed the country. The cyclone has partially damaged 40,358 houses and wholly destroyed 971 homes, arsenic per the Disaster Management Center’s report. A full of 356 radical are inactive missing arsenic of December 3, 2025.
Around 3 lakh of those affected are successful the territory of Colombo. Satellite images amusement the grade to which antithetic areas and neighbourhoods successful the superior were flooded, arsenic shown successful the graphic below.
Many countries person pledged enactment to Sri Lanka successful its dilatory and agelong betterment from the devastating interaction of the cyclone. India’s National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) is providing urgent assistance and alleviation to those affected successful adjacent coordination with the Sri Lankan equipped forces.
Over 3.2 lakh radical were affected successful Puttalam, a territory which has a sparse colonisation density of 278 radical per quadrate kilometre. Colombo’s colonisation density is implicit 12 times higher with 3,549 radical per quadrate kilometre, arsenic per the 2024 Census.
Landslides were highly concentrated successful and astir the landlocked territory of Kandy, a origin associated successful the higher decease toll successful the district.
The now-weakened remnant of Cyclone Ditwah has triggered dense rainfall successful the districts of Chennai and Thiruvallur successful Tamil Nadu. As the strategy moves inland, the Regional Meteorological Centre (RMC), Chennai, has issued an orangish alert successful northbound Tamil Nadu districts, including Chennai, Kancheepuram, Ranipet, and Tiruvallur, arsenic good arsenic 2 districts on the Ghat areas.
