The UAE has sent rescue teams and 20 tonnes of aid to Sri Lanka after the island nation was battered by a deadly cyclone.
More than 400 people have been killed and hundreds are missing after Cyclone Ditwah left a trail of destruction. It brought torrential rain that caused severe flooding and landslides.
UAE President Sheikh Mohamed on Monday issued a directive for a major humanitarian operation to deliver critical support after the disaster, which Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake called “the largest and most challenging” in the country'
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