Sri Lanka issues fresh landslide warnings as death toll hits 607
Teona Gherasim
The number of people affected by Cyclone Ditwah in Sri Lanka has risen to over 2 million. COLOMBO: Heavy rains triggered fresh landslide warnings in Sri Lanka's worst-affected central hills on Friday (Dec 5), as the death toll from last week's Cyclone Ditwah jumped to 607. The National Building Research Organisation (NBRO), which monitors the stability of mountain slopes, said heavy rainfall could further saturate the hills and make them unstable. "Since rainfall within the past 24 hours has
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