Flash Floods Isolate Communities, Threaten Livelihoods, Urgent Appeal for Support and Vigilance. Widespread landslides in the central highlands (including Malaiyagam) and severe flooding across the Northern and Eastern provinces, causing mass displacement, infrastructure collapse, and urgent humanitarian needs. Immediate priorities are search-and-rescue, safe shelter, clean water, and restoring critical services. Editor's Note While the nationwide impact of  Cyclone Ditwah  has been catastrophic, with significant loss of life primarily due to landslides in the Central Province, this report focuses specifically on the humanitarian disaster unfolding across the  Northern and Eastern Provinces  of Sri Lanka. These historically vulnerable, low-lying regions are currently facing a distinct and equally urgent crisis: widespread flash flooding, breached reservoirs, and severed access routes. This targeted focus is intended to mobilize specific, regional aid comme...