Sri Lanka cyclone victims - in pictures

  • The aftermath of flash floods and landslides in Nuwara Eliya, one of the largest tea plantation districts in central Sri Lanka, where more than 80 people have died. Across the country more than 490 people have been killed after Cyclone Ditwah struck. Several of the dead had been parishioners of Sri Lankan priest Father Roy Nayagam, who now works in the UAE. Photo: Fr Roy Nayagam
    The aftermath of flash floods and landslides in Nuwara Eliya, one of the largest tea plantation districts in central Sri Lanka, where more than 80 people have died. Across the country more than 490 people have been killed after Cyclone Ditwah struck. Several of the dead had been parishioners of Sri Lankan priest Father Roy Nayagam, who now works in the UAE. Photo: Fr Roy Nayagam
  • Parishioner Nickolas Raj, pictured with the priest, and his wife and father were swept away when flash floods flattened their home in Nuwara Eliya. Photo: Fr Roy Nayagam
    Parishioner Nickolas Raj, pictured with the priest, and his wife and father were swept away when flash floods flattened their home in Nuwara Eliya. Photo: Fr Roy Nayagam
  • Mr Raj and his wife. Their two-year-old daughter survived. Photo: Fr Roy Nayagam
    Mr Raj and his wife. Their two-year-old daughter survived. Photo: Fr Roy Nayagam
  • An orphan being cared by relatives in Nuwara Eliya. Photo: Fr Roy Nayagam
    An orphan being cared by relatives in Nuwara Eliya. Photo: Fr Roy Nayagam
  • Relatives mourn at the graves of those who died in flash floods and landslides across Nuwara Eliya district. Photo: Fr Roy Nayagam
    Relatives mourn at the graves of those who died in flash floods and landslides across Nuwara Eliya district. Photo: Fr Roy Nayagam
  • Devastation in Kandy, the hometown of Jeyaraj Baskaran, a Dubai resident, in one of the districts in Sri Lanka hardest hit by the cyclone. Photo: Jeyaraj Baskaran
    Devastation in Kandy, the hometown of Jeyaraj Baskaran, a Dubai resident, in one of the districts in Sri Lanka hardest hit by the cyclone. Photo: Jeyaraj Baskaran
  • Roads, railways and infrastructure have collapsed in the floods and landslides. Photo: Jeyaraj Baskaran
    Roads, railways and infrastructure have collapsed in the floods and landslides. Photo: Jeyaraj Baskaran
  • Volunteers delivering food and water supplies to survivors. Photo: Jeyaraj Baskaran
    Volunteers delivering food and water supplies to survivors. Photo: Jeyaraj Baskaran
  • Uprooted trees and damaged buildings following a landslide in the aftermath of Cyclone Ditwah in Gampola town, Kandy district. AFP
    Uprooted trees and damaged buildings following a landslide in the aftermath of Cyclone Ditwah in Gampola town, Kandy district. AFP
  • A wrecked house following landslides in Hadabima village near Sarasavigama, in Kandy district. AFP
    A wrecked house following landslides in Hadabima village near Sarasavigama, in Kandy district. AFP