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Friends Melanie Watters and Janine Reid have been trapped in Pussellawa since ThursdayTwo British women stranded by landslides in Sri Lanka’s tea mountains are running out of food and water, the daughter of one of them has said, as officials reported t…
About 3.2 million people on Sumatra island have been affected, 2,600 have been injured and 504 are missingThe number of people killed by floods and landslides on Indonesia’s Sumatra island rose to 708 on Tuesday, the country’s disaster agency said, wit…
Images of the destruction caused by storms that have torn through South and Southeast Asia.
India responded swiftly to Pakistan’s request for overflight permission to send humanitarian aid to cyclone-hit Sri Lanka, dismissing claims that it had denied such permission as completely unfounded. Officials confirmed that Pakistan submitted the request at around 1300 hrs (IST) on Monday, urgently seeking clearance to fly across Indian airspace on the same day.Recognising the humanitarian
Many uncertain about the future after losing everything in the country’s deadliest natural disaster for yearsWhen the rains began, Layani Rasika Niroshani was not worried. The 36-year-old mother of two was used to the heavy monsoon showers that drench …
Sri Lanka’s president said the country was dealing with the “largest and most challenging natural disaster” in its history after Cyclone Ditwah unleashed a deadly wave of flooding and submerged entire towns.
Unusually destructive storms have killed at least 1,350 people across the region and displaced millions in South and Southeast Asia.
The death toll in the flooding and landslides across parts of Asia climbed past 1,000 on Monday, as the hardest-hit countries — Sri Lanka and Indonesia — deployed military personnel to assist survivors.
Meanwhile, Iran grapples with one of worst droughts and temperatures fall 10C below normal in USMore heavy rainfall is expected in Sri Lanka in the coming days, likely resulting in further damage across the country. It comes after torrential rainfall i…
This blog is now closed.Full report: Sri Lanka and Indonesia deploy militaries as Asia floods death toll passes 1,100How cyclones and monsoon rains combined to devastate parts of Asia – visual guideCyclone Ditwah, which unleashed catastrophic flooding …