Sri Lanka needs around $7 billion to rebuild homes, roads and industries destroyed by Cyclone Ditwah, which so far has left at least 465 people dead.

Cyclone Ditwah, which originated southeast of Sri Lanka last week, has caused mass destruction across Southeast Asian countries, with the death toll growing over 1,300.

The cyclone moved slowly northwards along Sri Lanka's coastline, lingering there for a long time before moving parallel to the Tamil Nadu-Andhra Pradesh-Puducherry coast.

The cyclone triggered deadly floods and landslides in Indonesia and Sri Lanka , with survivors getting increasingly frustrated due to the pace of rescue efforts and aid delivery being lower than that of the catastrophic devastation.

Sri Lanka toll hits 465: Sri Lankan authorities on Wednesday said they

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