Overview
- Sri Lanka’s Disaster Management Centre reports 627 dead and about 190 missing after Cyclone Ditwah triggered severe floods and landslides.
- The Indian High Commission cites more than 2,200 people treated at the Mahiyanganaya field hospital since December 5, including 67 minor procedures and three surgeries.
- An Indian Army update states the field hospital has treated over 1,250 people with five major emergency surgeries, underscoring a discrepancy with diplomatic figures.
- Engineering teams have inducted three Bailey bridges and begun removing a damaged span on the Paranthan–Karachchi–Mullaitivu route with the Road Development Authority.
- India has flown in 185 tonnes of Bailey bridge units with 44 engineers, delivered fresh relief by sea and air, deployed NDRF teams and helicopters, and provided ISRO mapping support.