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Sri Lanka flooding death toll hits 410: official

Sri Lanka’s Disaster Management Centre says the death toll from a week of flooding and landslides has risen to 410, with 336 people still missing, as over 1.5 million residents remain affected in the country’s worst disaster since the 2004 tsunami.

AFP LIFE
Published December 02,2025
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The death toll from flooding and landslides in Sri Lanka was now 410, the Disaster Management Centre said Tuesday, with another 336 people missing following a week of heavy rains.

It said over 1.5 million people were affected by the worst natural disaster to hit the country since the Indian Ocean tsunami of 2004.