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- Sri Lanka cyclone tragedy exposes government failures

  From  -   DW In focus Murali Krishnan       12/02/2025     Edited by Amal Udawatta https://p.dw.com/p/54d6v Hundreds of people have died and hundreds more are missing after Cyclone Ditwah made landfall in Sri Lanka Officials in Sri Lanka are facing immense pressure for their alleged mishandling of Cyclone Ditwah, with the crisis highlighting deep cracks in the country's emergency response system. Days after  Cyclone Ditwah  tore through  Sri Lanka , over 1.46 million people across all 25 of the nation's districts remain affected by the island's worst flooding disaster in two decades. According to the government's Disaster Management Center, the official death toll stands at 410, with 336 people still missing. More than 64,000 people from 407,000 affected families are sheltering in nearly 1,450 government-run safety centers across the country. Thousands trapped, isolated Multiple countries have responded to Sri Lanka's appeal ...