Severe weather
Details
Event title
Sri Lanka - Cyclone Ditwah: 355 deaths, 366 missing as at 9 am Monday
Source
Main event
Event date (UTC)
2025-12-02 08:12:06
Last update (UTC)
2025-12-06 11:18:15
Severity
High
Area range
Country wide event
Address/Affected area(s)
Badulla, Kandy, Matale, Ampara, Ratnapura, Gampaha, Colombo, Mannar, Puttalam, and Kurunegala
The Disaster Management Centre (DMC) yesterday (01) reported that by 9 am, a total of 355 deaths had been confirmed and 366 persons had gone missing due to disasters triggered by Cyclone Ditwah.
The DMC reported that a total of 1,156,860 people from 318,252 families had been affected by the disaster.According to the DMC report, the highest number of deaths, 88, has been reported from the Kandy District. This is followed by 75 deaths in Nuwara Eliya, 71 in Badulla, 37 in Kurunegala, and 23 in Matale.Of those categorised as missing, 150 cases have been reported from Kandy, 62 from Nuwara Eliya, 53 from Badulla, 46 from Kegalle, and 35 from Kurunegala.