Sri Lanka
Widespread power outages affect 25% of CEB’s 7 million consumers
Nearly 200,000 electricity consumers across Sri Lanka are currently without power due to widespread disruptions caused by severe weather, the Ceylon Electricity Board...
Vegetable shortages loom as floods devastate farmlands
A shortage of vegetables is expected nationwide after widespread flooding and landslides destroyed plantations and submerged key agricultural regions, officials and industry sources...
Floods isolate Sri Lanka hospitals; staff and patients running low on food
Hospitals across several flood-hit districts are struggling to support stranded staff and patients as food supplies dwindle and access routes remain cut off,...
Sri Lanka declares emergency as toll from floods, mudslides hits 159
Sri Lanka declared a state of emergency on Saturday and appealed for international assistance as the death toll from floods and mudslides triggered...
Delayed, reduced fertilizer subsidy leaving farmers ‘helpless’
The government has yet to deliver the fertilizer subsidy promised to farmers and has further restricted it to paddy cultivation, opposition lawmaker Ranjith...
People didn’t listen to evacuation call; now, not enough boats to rescue them – T.B. Sarath
People refused to evacuate to safety despite being forewarned about the present natural disaster, said deputy minister T.B. Sarath. Referring to the situation...
Flooding puts Colombo water supply at ‘significant risk,’ officials warn
The National Water Supply and Drainage Board said that rising water levels in the Kelani River could disrupt operations at the Ambatale Water...
Sri Lankan MP urges President to declare emergency
Opposition lawmaker Faiszer Mustapha has urged President Anura Kumara Dissanayake to declare emergency law immediately in response to the “grave natural disaster” affecting...
