#Sri Lanka Flood
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...
Death toll rises to 486, 341 missing
The Disaster Management Center (DMC) confirmed Thursday that 486 people have died and 341 remain missing following a week of severe weather that...
Floods damage 273,000 acres of paddy fields affecting 153,000 farmers
The Agricultural and Agrarian Insurance Board (AAIB) estimates that recent floods triggered by Cyclone Ditwah have damaged roughly 273,000 acres of paddy lands,...
Only 30% of Sri Lanka’s rail network usable
Only about 30% of Sri Lanka’s railway system remains operational after the recent cyclone that battered the island, leaving widespread destruction across transport,...
Cyclone Ditwah leaves Rs.190 billion blow to Sri Lanka’s highways
Sri Lanka’s government has estimated that recent weather-related disasters caused roughly Rs.190 billion in damage to the country’s highway network, officials said Thursday,...
Sri Lanka cyclone tragedy exposes government failures
Days after Cyclone Ditwah tore through Sri Lanka, over 1.46 million people across all 25 of the nation’s districts remain affected by the...
