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Georgia Bell

Two London women stranded in cyclone-hit Sri Lanka 'running out of food and water'

Two women from London have been left stranded by landslides since Cyclone Ditwah hit Sri Lanka last week and are running out of food and water, one of their daughters has said.

Melanie Watters, 54, and her friend Janine Reid, 55, from London, were travelling through the mountains in Pussellawa, when the road in front of them flooded, forcing another bus over a nearby cliff.

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