{"id":11077,"date":"2025-12-07T15:43:36","date_gmt":"2025-12-07T15:43:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fmetu.org\/?p=11077"},"modified":"2025-12-07T15:43:36","modified_gmt":"2025-12-07T15:43:36","slug":"cyclone-ditwah-brings-worst-flooding-in-decades-to-sri-lanka","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fmetu.org\/?p=11077","title":{"rendered":"Cyclone Ditwah brings worst flooding in decades to Sri Lanka"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-11078\" src=\"http:\/\/fmetu.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image1170x530cropped-300x136.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"136\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fmetu.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image1170x530cropped-300x136.jpg 300w, https:\/\/fmetu.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image1170x530cropped-1024x464.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/fmetu.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image1170x530cropped-768x348.jpg 768w, https:\/\/fmetu.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image1170x530cropped-400x181.jpg 400w, https:\/\/fmetu.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image1170x530cropped.jpg 1170w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>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.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Initial assessments indicate that more than 15,000 homes have been destroyed<\/strong>. Over 200 roads remain impassable, at least 10 bridges have been damaged, and sections of the rail network and national power grid affected.<\/p>\n<p>Flooding along the Kelani River, which runs through Colombo and surrounding low-lying areas, continues to hamper access and disrupt information flow from affected communities, complicating rescue and relief operations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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. \u00a0Initial assessments indicate that more than 15,000 homes have been destroyed. 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