Cyclone Ditwah: Flood catastrophe awakens volunteerism in Sri Lanka

Fishing boats deliver relief supplies to flooded suburbs as community kitchens churn out food aid.

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Some of the families, Mr Reginold says, have not received aid for days, isolated by the South Asian island nation's worst weather disaster in recent years.

Cyclone Ditwah lashed the country last week, bringing catastrophic floods and landslides that killed more than 460 people, left hundreds missing and damaged some 30,000 homes.

But the deluge has also inspired volunteerism among its people, as they face what their president has described as the "most challenging natural disaster" in its history.

"The main reason why I wanted to do this, is to at least help them to have one meal," Mr Reginold tells the BBC. "And I was so happy that I was able to do that."