Tag: Cyclone

  • Severe Cyclone Claims 627 Lives, Sri Lanka Issues Landslide Alerts

    Severe Cyclone Claims 627 Lives, Sri Lanka Issues Landslide Alerts

    Sri Lankan authorities issued fresh landslide warnings on Sunday (December 7, 2025) with rains lashing areas already devastated by a powerful cyclone, as the death toll rose to 627. A chain of tropical storms and monsoon rains has battered Southeast and South Asia, setting off landslides, flooding vast tracts and cutting off communities from Sumatra…

  • Sri Lanka Launches Cyclone Relief Initiative Amid Ongoing Rainfall

    Sri Lanka Launches Cyclone Relief Initiative Amid Ongoing Rainfall

    Disaster-hit Sri Lanka has unveiled a major compensation package to rebuild homes damaged by a deadly cyclone, even as the island prepared Saturday for further landslides and flooding. The government has confirmed 607 deaths, with another 214 people missing and feared dead, in what President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has called the country’s most challenging natural…

  • Impact of Deadly Cyclone on Sri Lanka’s Tourism Season

    Deadly cyclone dents Sri Lanka’s peak tourism season  Reuters Sri Lanka’s Peak Tourism Season Hit By Cyclone Ditwah, Stranded Tourists Airlifted Out  NDTV Cyclone Ditwah’s devastation cripples Sri Lanka tourism; flooding cuts off major destinations  Telegraph India Deadly cyclone dents Sri Lanka’s peak tourism season  ThePrint ‘Sri Lankan tourism industry alive and kicking despite Ditwah disaster’: officials  The Economic Times…