{"id":301692,"date":"2025-12-04T18:00:29","date_gmt":"2025-12-04T18:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/sri-lanka-floods-why-have-they-been-so-catastrophic-itv-news\/"},"modified":"2025-12-04T18:00:29","modified_gmt":"2025-12-04T18:00:29","slug":"sri-lanka-floods-why-have-they-been-so-catastrophic-itv-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/sri-lanka-floods-why-have-they-been-so-catastrophic-itv-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Sri Lanka floods: why have they been so catastrophic? | ITV News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.ytimg.com\/vi\/x32mKqsZ9Us\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Sri Lanka floods: why have they been so catastrophic? | ITV News\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/x32mKqsZ9Us\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Homes swept away, communities left isolated and more than a thousand deaths confirmed.<\/p>\n<p>A battering of cyclones on parts of Asia in the past week has brought mass flooding and displaced millions.<\/p>\n<p>In Sri Lanka the extreme weather has caused devastating mudslides, creating a humanitarian emergency.<\/p>\n<p>But in a country that is no stranger to flooding, why has THIS storm been SO catastrophic?<\/p>\n<p>ITV News Asia Correspondent Debi Edward has been visiting villages around Kandy in central Sri Lanka, where many lives have been lost. 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