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Uprooted trees lie along damaged buildings following a landslide in the aftermath of Cyclone Ditwah in Gampola town, in Sri Lanka’s Kandy district. File
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Sri Lankan authorities issued fresh landslip warnings on Sunday (December 7, 2025) with rains lashing areas already devastated by a powerful cyclone, as the death toll rose to 618.

More than two million people — nearly 10% of the population — have been affected by last week’s floods and landslides triggered by Cyclone Ditwah, the worst on the island this century.

The Disaster Management Centre (DMC) said monsoon storms were adding more rain and making hillsides unstable, including the central mountainous region and the north-western midlands.

Helicopters and planes were being used on Sunday (December 7) to supply communities cut off by landslides in the centre of the country.

The Sri Lanka Air Force said it had received a planeload of relief supplies from Myanmar on Sunday (December 7), the latest batch of foreign aid.

The government has confirmed 618 dead — 464 from the lush tea-growing central region — while 209 people remain unaccounted for.

The number of people in State-run refugee camps had dropped to 1,00,000 from a peak of 2,25,000 as floodwaters receded across the island by Sunday (December 7), the DMC said.

More than 75,000 homes were damaged, including close to 5,000 that were completely destroyed, it added.

The government on Friday (December 5) unveiled a major compensation package to rebuild homes and revive businesses wiped out by the natural disaster, which hit the island as it was emerging from its 2022 economic meltdown.

A senior official earlier said recovery and reconstruction might cost up to $7 billion.

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said on Friday it was considering Sri Lanka’s request for an additional $200 million to help with rebuilding.

The money is on top of the $347 million tranche due later this month, part of a four-year, $2.9 billion IMF bailout loan agreed in 2023.

President Anura Kumara Dissanayake told parliament on Friday that Sri Lanka’s economy had made a significant recovery, but was not strong enough to withstand the latest shock alone.

Survivors will be offered up to 10 million rupees ($33,000) to buy land in a safer location and build a new house, the finance ministry said in a statement late on Friday.

One million rupees is being offered in compensation for each person killed or left permanently disabled.

The government did not say how much the package would cost, raising concerns given the country’s recent economic turbulence.

The central bank has ordered commercial lenders, both state-owned and private, to reschedule loans.

Published – December 07, 2025 11:31 am IST



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India’s medical aid in the wake of the damage caused by cyclone Ditwah arrived in Sri Lanka on Wednesday (December 3, 2025), the Sri Lankan President’s office said in a statement.

The supplies included advanced medical equipment and field hospitals. “An Indian Air Force C-17A aircraft carrying urgent medical assistance arrived in Sri Lanka last evening (December 2, 2025). The consignment comprised critical medicine, advanced medical equipment and deployable field facilities to support the country’s ongoing rescue and relief operations,” the statement said.


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Santhosh Jha, Indian High Commissioner to Sri Lanka handed over the relief materials to Major General Tiral de Silva of the Sri Lankan Army, the statement said.

“The cargo also includes two fully equipped field hospitals designed for rapid deployment in emergency zones. One of these units is scheduled to be established in Welimada to support ongoing humanitarian operations. In addition, India has dispatched 73 medical professionals, including doctors, physicians, anaesthesiologists and other specialised personnel, to provide on-ground medical support where most needed,” the statement added.

Deaths raises to 474

Meanwhile, the death toll continued to climb in Sri Lanka and reached 474 on Wednesday (December 3, 2025), according to the latest official figures from the Disaster Management Centre.

“An @IAF_MCC C-17 transport aircraft with a self-contained, modular field hospital, over 70 medical & support personnel, and vehicles, landed in Colombo,” External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar said in a post on X on Tuesday (December 2, 2025).

The Indian Mission in Colombo too, on Wednesday (December 3, 2025), said that India has sent a mobile field hospital and over 70 medical personnel to Sri Lanka as part of its continuing humanitarian assistance following the devastating floods and landslips triggered by Cyclone Ditwah.

Indian emergency medical aid arrives in Sri Lanka after Cyclone Ditwah

An Indian Air Force C-17A aircraft carrying urgent medical aid has arrived in Sri Lanka after Cyclone Ditwah caused severe devastation. India delivered essential medicines, advanced medical equipment, deployable field hospitals and 73 medical professionals to support rescue and relief efforts. The assistance was handed over in Colombo as Sri Lanka reported 474 deaths from the cyclone.

The Indian High Commission in a social media post said India has sent a “rapidly deployable field hospital” along with over 70 medical personnel to provide urgently required healthcare support in disaster-affected areas.

Citing a social media post by PRO Defence Jammu, it said an Indian Air Force C-17 Globemaster aircraft airlifted the para field hospital, along with equipment and 73 medical personnel from Agra, and landed in Colombo on Tuesday (December 2, 2025) evening to augment ongoing relief efforts.

IAF Mi-17 helicopters have also been operating continuously, airlifting more than eight tonnes of relief material and evacuating 65 survivors, including foreign nationals, critically ill patients and a pregnant woman. Indian rescue teams are also conducting operations across multiple sites, the mission said.

In Badulla on Tuesday (December 3, 2025), a National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) team recovered another body in an “exceptionally difficult” operation, with remains located beneath layers of compacted debris. Search efforts at the site are continuing with “determination and compassion,” it said.

NDRF teams deployed in the Sedawatta and Nadeegama areas near Colombo have rescued more than 43 people so far, and continue to save those trapped in floodwaters ranging between 8 and 10 feet, the High Commission said in a social media post on Tuesday (December 2, 2025).

Under Operation Sagar Bandhu, Indian teams are prioritising the evacuation of the most vulnerable to ensure every life is brought to safety, it said.

India launched Operation Sagar Bandhu last month, a Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR) initiative, to aid Sri Lanka in its recovery from the devastation caused by Cyclone Ditwah.

Published – December 03, 2025 11:25 am IST





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