India, Dec. 1 -- India has evacuated more than 2,000 Indian nationals who were stranded in Sri Lanka after the onset of Cyclone Ditwah, even as Indian search and rescue teams and military helicopters rescued more than 150 people from flood-hit regions.

Sri Lanka is facing one of its worst natural disasters in two decades, with almost a million people affected and more than 400 reported dead or missing after Cyclone Ditwah unleashed floods and landslides across the island. India launched Operation Sagar Bandhu on November 28 to provide urgent assistance to Sri Lanka.

The Indian Air Force (IAF) operated special flights to evacuate Indian nationals stranded in Sri Lanka since last week, and IAF aircraft and commercial flights have brought ...