Officials estimate the damage runs into billions of dollars, a headache for the island nation just recovering from an economic crash.

Rescuers from India’s disaster response agency carried a baby away from a flood-hit home in the town of Puttalam, in western Sri Lanka on Monday, December 1.Footage here released by the High Commission of India in Sri Lanka shows rescue teams assisting a family that had its home flooded after Cyclone Ditwah devastated the country.

Emergency crews raced to reach survivors and recover more bodies in Sri Lanka on Tuesday after the death toll from catastrophic floodsand landslides rose to at least 390.

The death toll from floods and landslides triggered by Cyclone Ditwah rose sharply to 334 on Sunday, Sri Lanka's disaster agency said on Sunday, with many more still missing.

Sri Lanka has been plunged into crisis as relentless rains unleashed widespread floods and landslides, killing at least 56 people and leaving dozens unaccounted for. With nearly 44,000 people affected,