Lanka sends tens of thousands of troops for flood disaster recovery

Sri Lanka has almost doubled its military deployment to regions struck by a cyclone that has killed 627, sending tens of thousands of troops to help areas hit by a wave of destruction, the army said Monday.

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People walk past damaged houses following landslides in the aftermath of Cyclone Ditwah in Ulapane village near Nawalapitiya town in Kandy.

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More than two million people -- nearly 10 percent of the population -- have been affected by the disaster caused by Cyclone Ditwah, the worst on the island this century.