A t least 40 people have been killed and 21 are missing in Sri Lanka after floods and landslides triggered by heavy rains wreaked havoc this week, in one of its worst weather related disasters the country has seen in recent years.

A cyclone swept across Sri Lanka on Friday, leaving 46 people dead and 23 more missing, officials said, with the weather department warning the storm could intensify as it moves across the island over the next 12 hours.

Eight NDRF teams have been deployed in Tamil Nadu as cyclonic storm heads to India. It swept across Sri Lanka on Friday, leaving 46 people dead and 23 more missing, officials said.

Follow Businessline for Cyclone Ditwah Live Updates: Cyclone Ditwah swept across Sri Lanka on Friday, leaving 46 people dead and 23 more missing, officials said, with the weather department warning the storm could intensify as it moves across the island over the next 12 hours.

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Thousands of opposition activists have rallied near Sri Lanka's capital to demand that the government fulfill pledges to ease taxes and restore order, in the first major protest against President Anura Kumara Dissanayake's administration as it marks one year in office Opposition parties accuse Dissanayake's government of failing to deliver on his promises during last year's election campaign,