Sri Lanka yesterday marked a major step toward modernising its disaster management capabilities with the launch of the GeoAI ...
Cyclone Ditwah has killed 193, and 228 are still missing, the Indian Ocean Island's Disaster Management Centre said, while floods have destroyed crops and and damage roads, bridges and rail tracks.
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Sri Lanka's latest climate-driven floods expose flaws in disaster preparations: Here's what needs to change
When Cyclone Ditwah made landfall on November 28 2025, Sri Lanka experienced one of its deadliest environmental disasters in ...
Five days after cyclone Ditwah, flooding still prevails on Avissavella road at Wellampitiya in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on December 2, 2025. In the wake of Cyclone Ditwah, which has now veered toward India ...
The Disaster Management Centre (DMC) has categorised 192 persons as missing as search operations were scaled down in ...
The Scheme for Forest Fire Risk Management has been introduced for 144 forest fire-prone districts of 19 states, including ...
50 years ago, Cyclone Tracy flattened Darwin – and Australia’s attitude to disasters changed forever
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