Sri Lankan troops were racing to rescue hundreds of people marooned by rising floodwaters on Friday as weather-related deaths rose to 69, while 21 others remain missing as a result of the adverse weather conditions triggered by the Cyclonic Storm Ditwah, the Disaster Management Centre (DMC) said. The DMC also reported that 14 individuals have been injured and that the disaster has affected 12,313 families, amounting to 43,991 people across multiple districts.