Sri Lanka, Dec. 9 -- The United Nations has allocated US$4.5 million (LKR 1.38 billion) from the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) to strengthen Sri Lanka's response to Cyclone Ditwah, which made landfall on November 28.

The funding will enable the UN to rapidly scale up emergency assistance, including food distribution, shelter support, and water, sanitation, and hygiene services for communities most severely affected by the floods and landslides.

Communities across Sri Lanka continue to grapple with widespread impacts, with thousands of families still displaced due to extensive damage to homes and infrastructure. Latest assessments indicate that the cyclone's effects are broader and more severe than initially understood, leaving ...