The south-western monsoon has burst into Sri Lanka in recent hours, accompanied by strong winds and heavy rains, with a death toll, five dead and […]
Category: Natural Disasters
Monsoon rains kill more than 90 people
Floods and landslides caused by heavy monsoon rains have killed at least 92 people in Sri Lanka since Thursday night. One hundred and ten others […]
When the wave brought death
In the hotels on the southwest coast of Sri Lanka is high season at Christmas. There is an exuberant atmosphere among holidaymakers from the region […]
Desperate efforts to find mudslide victims
The army was scrambling in Sri Lanka on Thursday to try to find about 100 people buried by a mudslide on a tea plantation, but […]
Sri Lanka emergency: 91 dead in floods, 2,000 evacuated
Sri Lanka has appealed to the world to help it cope with the emergency of torrential rains, which have caused disastrous floods and landslides, with […]