Sri Lanka's cyclone death toll climbs to 355, with 366 missing

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Rescuers in Sri Lanka were scrambling on Monday to clear roads and deliver aid to more than half a million people hit by a cyclone last week, as the death toll climbed to 355, with 366 missing, official figures showed.Cyclone Ditwah, packing strong winds and heavy rains, brought the island nation's worst floods in a decade when it struck on Friday, setting off landslides in the hilly central region.People salvaged belongings from flooded homes along the banks of the Kelani River near Colombo,

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