Safe snuggles: A man carrying his cat across a flooded road in Wellampitiya. — AFP
Entire areas of Colombo were flooded after a powerful cyclone triggered heavy rains and mudslides across the island, with authorities reporting nearly 200 dead and dozens more missing.
Officials yesterday said the extent of the damage in the country’s worst-affected central region was only just being revealed as relief workers cleared roads blocked by fallen trees and mudslides.
