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C-17 airlifts para field hospital to Colombo, Army deploys integrated task force to aid Sri LankaIndia is providing extensive aid to Sri Lanka after Cyclone Ditwah. The Indian Air Force airlifted a field hospital and relief supplies. Th...
Cyclone Ditwah: India evacuates last batch of stranded citizens from Sri Lanka, intensifies relief effortsIndia has completed the evacuation of its last stranded nationals from Sri Lanka, intensifying its assistance to Colombo's Cyclone Ditwah r...
Death toll hits 212 as Sri Lanka struggles with Cyclone Ditwah impactCyclone Ditwah has claimed 212 lives in Sri Lanka, with 218 people missing. Floodwaters breached a dam, impacting nearly a million people. ...
Cyclone Ditwah: 400 Indian passengers stranded due to disaster evacuated from Sri LankaOver 400 Indian nationals stranded in Sri Lanka following cyclone Ditwah returned home on Sunday. Flights C130 and IL 76 carried them to De...
Sri Lanka's capital hit by floods as cyclone death toll rises to 159Cyclone Ditwah has devastated Sri Lanka. Flooding is severe in Colombo, with the Kelani River overflowing. Over 150 lives are lost and many...
Death toll in Sri Lanka rises to 153 after Cyclone DitwahCyclone Ditwah has devastated Sri Lanka. At least 153 people have died due to landslides and floods. Over half a million people are affecte...
Sri Lanka death toll climbs to 123; India lends a hand as rains destroy 15,000 homes, drive 44,000 into sheltersSri Lanka has appealed for urgent international aid as Cyclone Ditwah's aftermath has claimed 123 lives and left 130 missing. The disaster ...
Sri Lanka struggles with paucity of clean water; toll rises to 183Lanka's water supply minister Rauf Hakeem said 40 per cent of those affected did not have access to piped drinking water, and there was an ...
Rescue efforts on as death toll in Sri Lanka floods rises to 164The incessant rains experienced since Thursday night have displaced nearly half a million people in the southern and western regions of the...
India rushes aid to Sri Lanka as floods claim 122 livesA Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) airman died after falling from a helicopter during a flood rescue operation in Neluwa area in Galle.
71 killed, 127 missing, foreign aid reaches flood-hit Sri Lanka"There had been a huge outpouring of sympathy for victims with donations of food, clothing and dry rations," Sri Lankan official said.
INS Sunayna and Sutlej sent with relief material to Lanka in the wake of Cyclone RoanuThe cyclone has wreaked havoc along Lankan coast with 43 people have been killed and 133 were missing following landslides and floods in th...
Sri Lanka's new President Maithripala Sirisena 'upbeat' about enhanced ties with ChinaSirisena is "upbeat" about strengthening ties with China and has assured implementation of "outcomes" reached during last year's visit here...
14 killed, 750,000 affected in Sri Lanka floods, mudslides14 people have been killed & 750,000 affected in Sri Lanka due to floods and mudslides caused by heavy rains across the country in the past...
9 killed, 750,000 affected in Sri Lanka floods, mudslidesThe worst affected was Rilpola town in the central hill district of Badulla where five people were killed as mounds of earth fell on homes.
- 14 killed and over a million affected in Sri Lanka floods
A total of 1053,499 have been affected due to floods in several parts of the country, the Disaster Management Centre said today.
- Sri Lanka flood toll rises to 13; 120,000 homeless
The government has deployed the air force and navy to drop food and rescue marooned residents mainly in worst-affected eastern district of ...