Sri Lanka asked Japan to send its outpatient disaster medical unit to Chilaw, a cyclone-hit town whose main hospital was flooded The queue of Sri Lankan men, women and children waiting for medical ...

Cyclone Ditwah brought record rains that triggered landslides and floods across Sri Lanka Residents returning to ravaged homes and businesses in flood-hit Sri Lanka have turned to neighbours and ...

In the mist-draped mountains of Sri Lanka's tea country, rescuers were still plucking bodies from the reddish-brown mud on Tuesday after last week's cyclone, the island's worst natural disaster in ...

Floods and landslides caused by Cyclone Ditwah left extensive damage throughout Sri Lanka - Copyright AFP/File Ishara S. KODIKARA Floods and landslides caused by ...

The cyclone struck as the country was emerging from its worst ever economic meltdown in 2022 - Copyright AFP/File Ishara S. KODIKARA The cyclone struck as the country ...

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Sri Lankan authorities said Wednesday they would need some $7 billion to rebuild homes, industries and roads destroyed by Cyclone Ditwah, which has left at least 465 people dead so far. Hopes have ...

Long before dawn, people were already queueing for medical aid on Tuesday at an emergency camp in Sri Lanka's coastal town of Chilaw, hit hard by a deadly cyclone and floods. Carpenter Prasantha ...

Survivors of Cyclone Ditwah that has ravaged Sri Lanka in recent days began returning to their devastated homes on Wednesday, faced with a massive clean-up as they start rebuilding their lives. The ...

Sri Lanka's government announced plans on Thursday for $1.6 billion in extra spending in 2026 to fund the country's recovery from Cyclone Ditwah, which killed more than 640 people. The Barron's news ...