Since many Sri Lankans did not have any previous experience with a natural disaster of this kind, the damage was vast. Thousands were displaced and killed within a short time. Deputy Director of the disaster Management Center Pradeep Koddipili said that two minutes of silence will be observed today starting from 9.25 a.m. in remembrance of the lives that were lost during the disaster. He added that commemoration ceremonies will be organized in all 25 districts of the country today.
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