Sri Lanka repeatedly experienced disastrous floods last year: in June, October, November and December. As seasonal weather patterns change, with more intense rains appearing outside monsoon ...

Sri Lanka's farmers are facing shocking regulatory barrier to remove sand from their own flooded paddy fields and pay 21,000 ...

Sri Lankan paddy farmers have been protesting to demand guaranteed crop prices and protection of their livelihood amid ...

A total of 16,930 persons from 5,738 families have been affected across eleven districts due to natural disasters such as ...

COLOMBO, Jan. 19 (Xinhua) -- Sri Lankan authorities issued landslide and flood warnings on Sunday, affecting multiple districts and provinces. The National Building and Research Organization (NBRO) ...

The Meteorology Department reports continuous rainfall for the next 24 hours in Northern, North-Central, Eastern, Uva, and Central provinces, with cloudy ...

As severe weather conditions threaten several areas in the island, the Sri Lanka Navy has deployed 04 relief teams as of ...

The farmer, who lives in Kalmunai, in eastern Sri Lanka's Ampara district, says erratic weather events, such as heavy rain and flash floods, have increased in frequency and severity annually. Farmers ...

COLOMBO, Jan. 24 (Xinhua) -- The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) on Friday announced it's working closely with Sri Lanka to create a climate-smart education system for the country.

Turbocharged monsoon floods are intensifying the spread of waterborne diseases in the Indian Ocean island nation.

like many others in their flood-stricken community, had unknowingly been exposed to a waterborne disease. It was the monsoon season in the Eastern province of Sri Lanka, where Nathushika and her ...