COLOMBO -- One week after Cyclone Ditwah slammed into Sri Lanka, officials are struggling to assess the full human and material cost of a disaster that has left communities across the country reeling.
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Soldiers and locals scour the mud for missing people after landslides triggered by heavy rainfall in the wake of Cyclone Ditwah, in Mawathura in Sri Lanka's Kandy district on Dec. 3. © Reuters
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