The worst cyclone to hit the Indian Ocean island in a century uprooted fully-grown crops of tea, a key source of export revenue.

By Dilrukshi Handunnetti

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Colombo, Sri Lanka – Sundaram Muttupillai, 46, had been working on a tea estate in Thalawakelle in Sri Lanka’s central district of Nuwara Eliya since he turned 17.