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

"There are literally two British nationals on their own, no food, water, fuel, no way in or out. This is getting worse. The weather's going to change again in a couple of days. You know, there has to be a plan I said: This could be lives lost if you don't take some sort of action, genuinely.' But they just said: No, there's no plan.'"

"This is your job, and: It isn't our responsibility."

"called the cyclone the largest and most challenging natural disaster in our history'"

Two British women, Melanie Watters, 54, and Janine Reid, 55, are stranded in Pussellawa after landslides and flooding caused by Cyclone Ditwah. Their vehicle risked being washed away, so they stayed overnight before finding shelter at a tea plantation. The pair are running out of food, water and fuel while roads in and out of Pussellawa remain impassable. Melanie's daughter, Katie Beeching, nine months pregnant, has made repeated calls to the Foreign Office but was told there is no evacuation plan and no UK rescue will be mounted. Sri Lanka's reported death toll from the cyclone stands at 465.

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