Pakistan Navy rescues Sri Lankans stranded after deadly floods

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s navy on Monday said it had conducted a rescue operation in Colombo to evacuate a Sri Lankan family stranded on a rooftop for five days due to floods and moved them to a safe location. Last week, Cyclone Ditwah, packing strong winds and heavy rain, brought the island nation’s worst floods in a decade, triggering landslides in the hilly central region and killing more than 355 people, with at least 366 still missing.

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