Aid groups are beginning to respond to the devastation wrought by the cyclone that hit Mynamar three days ago. Approximately 22,500 people are believed to have been killed and another 44,000 are still ...

The Indonesian government has announced what it describes as a sweeping, science-based effort to reassess environmental ...

World Socialist Web Site (WSWS) reporters visited Biyagama, a town in Gampaha District located about 20 km from Colombo, on December 7 to speak with survivors of flooding caused by Cyclone Ditwah.

As Cyclone Ditwah caused floods and landslides ravaging Sri Lanka, intensifying its economic and social crisis, the Frontline Socialist Party (FSP) has presented proposals to the Janatha Vimukthi ...

Adverse weather conditions are likely to prevail in Sri Lanka with another depression forming over the Bay of Bengal.

More than 1,200 landslides were recorded in two provinces in Sri Lanka following Cyclone Ditwah in late November, resulting in crisis evacuations to safeguard vulnerable populations. Most of the ...

DHAKA, Bangladesh, Dec. 3 (UPI) -- The U.S. military's humanitarian mission to Bangladesh has been delivering needed supplies to fight waterborne illnesses in the wake of a cyclone disaster. The U.S.

Cyclone Ditwah has brought Sri Lanka’s disaster preparedness under serious scrutiny and resulted in blistering attacks on the ...