Cyclone Ditwah damage in Sri Lanka | The long path from wreckage to recovery Premium
The Hindu
Cyclone Ditwah has claimed hundreds of lives and displaced scores in Sri Lanka. While it has affected several villages and towns, the highest death toll has been recorded in Kandy in the Central Province. It is part of the island’s hill country that is home to the Malaiyaha Tamils, whose centuries-old precarity makes them especially vulnerable to such shocks.
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