{"id":11801,"date":"2025-12-07T18:29:35","date_gmt":"2025-12-07T18:29:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/sri-lanka-issues-landslide-warnings-as-cyclone-toll-hits-618\/"},"modified":"2025-12-07T18:29:35","modified_gmt":"2025-12-07T18:29:35","slug":"sri-lanka-issues-landslide-warnings-as-cyclone-toll-hits-618","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/sri-lanka-issues-landslide-warnings-as-cyclone-toll-hits-618\/","title":{"rendered":"Sri Lanka issues landslide warnings as cyclone toll hits 618"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Sri Lankan authorities issued fresh landslide warnings on Sunday with rains lashing areas already devastated by a powerful cyclone, as the death toll rose to 618.<\/p>\n

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

The Disaster Management Centre (DMC) said monsoon storms were adding more rain and making hillsides unstable, including the central mountainous region and the northwestern midlands.<\/p>\n

Helicopters and planes were being used on Sunday to supply communities cut off by landslides in the center of the country.<\/p>\n

The Sri Lanka Air Force said it had received a planeload of relief supplies from Myanmar on Sunday, the latest batch of foreign aid.<\/p>\n

The government has confirmed 618 dead — 464 from the lush tea-growing central region — while 209 people remain unaccounted for.<\/p>\n

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The number of people in state-run refugee camps had dropped to 100,000 from a peak of 225,000 as floodwaters receded across the island by Sunday, the DMC said.<\/p>\n

More than 75,000 homes were damaged, including close to 5,000 that were completely destroyed, it added.<\/p>\n

The government on Friday 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.<\/p>\n

A senior official earlier said recovery and reconstruction might cost up to $7 billion.<\/p>\n

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

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.<\/p>\n

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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.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

One million rupees is being offered in compensation for each person killed or left permanently disabled.<\/p>\n

The government did not say how much the package would cost, raising concerns given the country’s recent economic turbulence.<\/p>\n

The central bank has ordered commercial lenders, both state-owned and private, to reschedule loans.<\/p>\n

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Sri Lankan authorities issued fresh landslide warnings on Sunday with rains lashing areas already devastated by a powerful cyclone, as the death toll rose to 618. More than two million people — nearly 10 percent of the population — have been affected by last week’s floods and landslides triggered by Cyclone Ditwah, the worst on…<\/p>\n

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