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WE ARE SAFE: CELEBS IN SRI LANKA SHARE UPDATES AMID CYCLONE
Hindustan Times
|December 01, 2025
Ektaa Kapoor, Chetan Hansraj and Urvashi Dholakia had flown in for a fan meet just as the cyclone triggered floods and disruptions across the island
Cyclone Ditwah swept northward across Sri Lanka on Friday, leaving 46 people dead and 23 missing amid severe flooding. Officials warned that more torrential rain and strong winds were expected over the next 12 hours, with most casualties caused by landslides triggered by over 300mm of rainfall in the island’s eastern and central regions. Amid the escalating weather situation, actors Chetan Hansraj and Urvashi
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