Sudharman Siripala Sri Lanka is grappling with the increasing threat of climate change, which has led to unpredictable ...

Sri Lanka repeatedly experienced disastrous floods last year: in June, October, November and December. As seasonal weather ...

Sri Lanka has been grappling with severe weather conditions since May, mostly caused by heavy monsoon rains. In June, 16 ...

The centre said rains and floods have damaged 240 houses and nearly ... In some areas of the city, waters reached the roofs of houses and shops. Sri Lanka has been grappling with severe weather ...

The research found that 17% of the cities studied were at risk from "climate whiplash" where drought and flooding has become ...

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The wetlands of Colombo – described by one expert as "the lungs and kidneys" of Sri Lanka's capital but long since neglected and polluted – are being restored, helping to manage floods and ...

In the Ampara district, considered Sri Lanka’s rice bowl, Government Agent S ... had made available 675 tons of food items to those affected by the floods. He said the WFP had targeted 500,000 ...

MOSCOW, August 8. /TASS/. Russia’s emergencies ministry has sent about 32 tonnes of humanitarian aid to flooding-hit Sri Lanka, the ministry’s press service told TASS on Tuesday. "At the ...