ECONOMYNEXT – The death toll in Sri Lanka’s worst natural disaster in eight years has risen to 69 as of 1800 hours on Friday with the authorities still in search of at least 34 missing people across the island nation, the country’s Disaster Management Center’s data showed. Officials fear the toll to rise further with a fresh red alert issued for floods in the Western coastal area on Saturday (29) with Cyclone Ditwah yet to move away completely from Sri Lanka. Central Sri Lanka district of Badulla topped the death toll list with at least 30 people being killed, while…
Death toll rise to 69 in Sri Lanka’s worst floods in 8 years as Ditwah prevails
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