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As Cyclone Ditwah battered land, Sri Lanka’s oceans absorbed a silent shock
By Malaka Rodrigo COLOMBO — Cyclone Ditwah, which claimed around 650 lives and left at least 200 people missing, cast a heavy ...
Two weeks after Cyclone Ditwah struck Sri Lanka, the actual environmental cost of the disaster remains largely unknown, as ...
Cyclone Ditwah caused widespread devastation in Sri Lanka, impacting agriculture, fisheries, and rural livelihoods. It led to significant losses in agricultural land and fisheries assets, affecting ...
A country brief released on December 22 said that the floods destroyed agricultural land, standing crops, livestock and fisheries assets and household food stocks.
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Storm Alfred latest: At least 300,000 in blackout as Australian PM warns ‘worse to come’
Ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred has weakened into a tropical low but continues to bring heavy rainfall, strong winds, and the risk of life-threatening flash flooding across southeast Queensland and ...
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Sumatra’s ‘natural’ disaster wasn’t natural: How deforestation turned a rare cyclone catastrophic
Indonesia’s government has been at pains to stress that the recent catastrophe in Sumatra was triggered by a rare meteorological event. Cyclone Senyar formed in the Malacca Strait, an area where the ...
Cyclone Mahina, the deadliest tropical cyclone in Australia’s recorded history, hit the northeast part of the country on today’s date 125 years ago, taking around 400 lives. The storm made landfall ...
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