Sri Lanka is struggling to recover from the devastating Cyclone Ditwah even as it was trying to rebuild from a debt crisis and political turmoil, President Anura Kumara Dissanayake told Newsweek in an ...

Washington, DC: Mr. Evan Papageorgiou, International Monetary Fund (IMF) Mission Chief for Sri Lanka issued the following statement today: "In the wake of the devastating impact and widespread ...

The devastating Cyclone Ditwah has left a trail of destruction over 25 districts in Sri Lanka and killed 474 people; among the hardest-hit are those inhabiting low-lying coastal areas and the tea ...

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Sri Lanka has been devastated by Cyclone Ditwah (Picture: Ishara S. KODIKARA / AFP via Getty Images) Sri Lanka has been hit by a huge cyclone, with flood surges and mudslides killing over 400 people.

The death toll from devastating floods and mudslides in Sri Lanka has exceeded 330 people, as the country grapples with one of its worst weather disasters in years. More than 200 are missing, and some ...

The death toll from heavy floods and mudslides caused by Cyclone Ditwah in Sri Lanka rose to 132, with 176 people still missing, authorities said Saturday. Nearly 78,000 people have been displaced and ...

Large parts of Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand have been flooded after cyclones dumped torrential rain for a week. More than 400 people have been killed across the region, along with another 123 in ...

Sri Lanka has made an appeal for international assistance as the death toll from heavy rains and floods triggered by Cyclone Ditwah rose to 132, with another 176 reported missing. The extreme weather ...

In Sri Lanka, rescue teams are racing to reach cut-off villages as floods and landslides caused by Cyclone Ditwah force tens of thousands of people into shelters, submerge homes, and block roads. Sri ...