#Cyclone Ditwah
Death toll rises to 618, hope for survivors fades
The search for survivors is waning as Sri Lanka enters the second week after Cyclone Ditwah triggered catastrophic floods and landslides, leaving hundreds...
Water Board estimates Rs. 5 billion in infrastructure losses
The recent natural disaster has caused almost Rs. 5 billion in damage to Sri Lanka’s water supply infrastructure, with major disruptions reported across...
A national disaster and a national reckoning
By Vox Civis Whichever way one chooses to tilt the lens, the hard truth refuses to blur: the government failed to protect its...
Eastern Province faces widespread blackouts after transmission tower collapses
A major transmission tower collapse on the 132-kilovolt Rantambe–Mahiyanganaya line caused the most severe damage to Sri Lanka’s electricity grid during Cyclone Ditwah,...
Sri Lanka to grant Rs. 5 million for homes destroyed by Cyclone Ditwa
Sri Lanka will provide Rs. 5 million to each household whose home was destroyed in flooding or landslides triggered by Cyclone Ditwa, President...
Sri Lanka’s latest climate-driven floods expose flaws in disaster preparations – here’s what needs to change
Ravindra Jayaratne When Cyclone Ditwah made landfall on November 28 2025, Sri Lanka experienced one of its deadliest environmental disasters in modern history....
Defence Secretary accused of threatening Meteorology chief
The Secretary to the Ministry of Defence had summoned the head of the Meteorological Department and threatened him, asking him not to make...
UN says Sri Lanka’s poor preparedness worsened flood disaster
Sri Lanka must urgently strengthen its infrastructure and disaster-preparedness systems to withstand increasingly severe climate events, a senior United Nations official said, describing...
