Cyclone Ditwah has destroyed more than 15,000 homes, sending 78,000 people to state-run temporary shelters, the contry's Disaster Management Centre said.

Otras 21 personas están desaparecidas y se espera que las precipitaciones y los vientos arrecien en las próximas horas

Cyclone Ditwah caused landslides in the central mountainous tea-growing regions of Badulla and Nuwara Eliya.