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Over 2.3 Million Sri Lankans Affected as Cyclone Ditwah Floodwaters Submerge One-Fifth of Island — UNDP
Colombo — New geospatial analysis by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) reveals that flooding triggered by Cyclone Ditwah inundated over 1.1 million hectares — nearly 20 percent of Sri Lanka — displacing or exposing roughly 2.3 million people, more than half of them women. UNDP The comprehensive study, based on disaster-related data from the Government