On the ground in Sri Lanka with it facing 'humanitarian crisis of historic proportions' | ITV News
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The death toll from last week's catastrophic floods and landslides in southeast Asia rose further today as emergency crews raced to reach survivors and recover more bodies.
A huge area has been impacted and rescue teams are struggling reach some of the remote areas affected.
The number of people killed has now passed 13-hundred and hundreds more are missing.
Elkaduwa, usually promoted as one of the most tranquil corners of Sri Lanka’s Central Province, is today a village cut off from the world.
The mist-covered hillsides of Matale, famed for tea, spices and quiet rural life, have been torn apart by Cyclone Ditwah, the country’s worst natural disaster in decades.
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