Sri Lanka Floods: Residents Question Govt. Preparedness 🌧️

Residents ask why Sri Lanka wasn't better prepared for the worst flood in 20 years caused by Cyclone Ditwah.

Sri Lanka Floods: Residents Question Govt. Preparedness 🌧️
Al Jazeera English
75.2K views • Dec 4, 2025
Sri Lanka Floods: Residents Question Govt. Preparedness 🌧️

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Some Sri Lankans are questioning why their government wasn't better prepared for the country’s worst climate disaster in two decades. Cyclone Ditwah caused floods and landslides last week that killed more than 480 people. Nearly 200 thousand Sri Lankans have been displaced. And rescue and recovery efforts are still underway.

Al Jazeera’s Minelle Fernandez reports from Kaduwela, a suburb of Colombo.

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