Cyclonic storm Burevi made landfall in Sri Lanka and caused massive damage in the country, as over 75,000 people were evacuated, 10,300 people were displaced and 11 people died.

Footage was filmed December 6.

The constant downpours, flow of water downstream and obstructions in draining have contributed to the inundation.

"We are unable to drain the water from the fields. The water from upper riparian districts keeps coming towards our villages. The channels are breaking everywhere, even overwhelming the sandbags. Our crops have either been washed away or have decayed," shares a sorrow farmer. nearly 100 villages are affected due to the continuous rains for the sixth day consecutively.



Most of the older Samba crops, cultivated in August and September, have survived while much of the younger Thaladi crops, cultivated in October and November, are under the water. The agriculture department had declared zero crop loss in the aftermath of Cyclone Nivar