Sri Lanka – 1 Dead, Hundreds Displaced After Rain Triggers Floods and Landslides
Severe weather including strong winds, lightning and heavy rain has affected parts of Sri Lanka since 29 May 2022. As of 02 June, one person had died, over 600 were…
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Sri Lanka – 20 Dead After Days of Severe Weather
At least 20 people have died in floods, landslides and lightning strikes in Sri Lanka following almost 2 weeks of heavy rain, disaster officials in the country said on 10…
Sri Lanka – 2 Dead After Days of Heavy Rain and Floods
Severe weather affected parts of Sri Lanka from 25 October 2021. Two people died in flash floods in Badulla, while another died in a lightning strike in Mulaitivu. According to…
Sri Lanka – Floods in Central Provinces Displace 1,500
Sri Lanka‘s Disaster Management Centre (DMC) reports that heavy rain and flash flooding damaged homes and displaced over 1,500 people in the districts of Kandy and Kegalle. In Kandy, areas…
Sri Lanka – Floods and Landslides Death Toll Rises to 17
As many as 17 people have now died and over 25,000 displaced as a result of the severe weather in Sri Lanka since 03 June 2021. According to the latest…
Sri Lanka – Floods and Landslides Leave 3 Dead, 5,000 Displaced
Severe weather including heavy rain, flash floods, landslides and strong winds has affected Sri Lanka since 03 June 2021. According to the latest reported from the country’s Disaster Management Centre,…
Sri Lanka – Floods and Landslides Leave 3 Dead, 11,000 Affected
Sri Lanka‘s Disaster Management Centre (DMC) has reported further flooding and landslides in several parts of the country. Further heavy rain has fallen in Sri Lanka since our report here.…
Sri Lanka – Floods Affect 1,000 People Across 3 Districts
Sri Lanka has seen heavy rainfall from around 10 May 2021. As of 13 May, Disaster Management Centre (DMC) reported floods and rainfall damages in the districts of Rathnapura, Colombo…
Sri Lanka – Thousands Affected by Floods in Batticaloa
The Disaster Management Centre (DMC) in Sri Lanka reports severe weather, including high winds, lightning, heavy rain and flooding has affected over 50,000 people across the country since the start…
Sri Lanka – Thousands Evacuate as Cyclone Burevi Makes Landfall
Cyclone Burevi made landfall in the north-eastern coast of Sri Lanka in Trincomalee district on 02 December 2020. Sri Lanka’s Department of Meteorology warned of heavy rainfall, wind gusts of…
Sri Lanka – Storms Leave 3 Dead, Flooding in Gampaha
The Disaster Management Centre (DMC) in Sri Lanka reports that stormy weather including strong winds, heavy rainfall and flooding, has affected almost 40,000 people in the country since 06 September.…
Sri Lanka – 2 More Fatalities as Thousands Affected by Floods and Landslides in Rathnapura
Heavy rain has continued to fall in Sri Lanka, causing 2 more fatalities, destroying homes and displacing around 1,100 people. The country’s Disaster Management Center (DMC) reported flooding and landslides…
Sri Lanka – 2 Dead After Heavy Rain and Floods
At least 2 people have died in severe weather in Sri Lanka over the last few days According to the country’s Disaster Management Center (DMC), one person died and one…
Sri Lanka – Thousands Displaced by Further Flooding
More flooding has affected wide areas of Sri Lanka over the last few days. At least 6 people died in flooding in the country earlier this month. According to the…
Sri Lanka – 6 Dead, Thousands Displaced as Heavy Rain Continues
The ongoing flood situation in Sri Lanka has worsened, with over 167,000 people now affected across 21 districts in the country. Heavy rain in Sri Lanka brought by the North-East…
Sri Lanka – 3 Dead, Hundreds Displaced After Floods and Landslides
At least 3 people have died after heavy rain triggered a landslide in the Central Province of Sri Lanka. The landslide occurred in Walapane, about 17 km north east of…
