Overview
- Authorities report 193 dead and 228 missing after a week of torrential rain and landslides, with northern districts of Colombo inundated and a national disaster declared.
- About 147,000 people are sheltering in government sites, roughly 25,000 homes are destroyed, and nearly one million residents require aid across affected districts.
- Evacuations were ordered along the Kelani River; troops used boats and helicopters for rescues, including saving 69 bus passengers in Anuradhapura.
- International support expanded as India sent relief supplies and four helicopters, Pakistan deployed rescue teams, and Japan dispatched an assessment mission.
- Across the region, Indonesia reports 442 deaths and Thailand 162, with Malaysia confirming at least two, pushing combined fatalities in Southeast Asia to well over 600.