Sri Lanka: Situation Report - 27th November 2011 at 1800 hrs
Source: Government of Sri LankaCountry: Sri Lanka54,844 persons belonging to 13,663 families have been affected, a total of 1723 persons (427 families) have been displaced in temporary evacuation...
View ArticleSri Lanka: Inclement weather kills 20 people and leave thousands homeless
Source: Sri Lanka Red Cross SocietyCountry: Sri LankaThe Sri Lanka Red Cross branches in Matara and Galle swung into action immediately assisting with search and rescue, first aid and relief suppliesBy...
View ArticleSri Lanka: Sri Lankan President orders urgent relief to disaster-stricken people
Source: Government of Sri LankaCountry: Sri LankaThe President Mahinda Rajapaksa has directed state officials to assess the situation in the areas hit by heavy rains and winds yesterday November 25 and...
View ArticleSri Lanka: Sri Lanka inclement weather kill 20 in coastal districts
Source: Government of Sri LankaCountry: Sri LankaThe death toll due to heavy rains accompanied by stormy winds in Sri Lanka’s southern coastal areas rose to 20.Heavy rains and stormy winds that...
View ArticleSri Lanka: GIEWS Country Brief: 29-November-2011
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United NationsCountry: Sri LankaFOOD SECURITY SNAPSHOTThe 2011 annual rice output is estimated to decline slightly from 2010, following flood damage to...
View ArticleSri Lanka: Delivering Wheelchairs to Persons with Disabilities in...
Source: Association for Aid and Relief JapanCountry: Sri LankaPersons with Disabilities Forced to Live Under Difficult Circumstances Due to the Civil War and FloodsFrom the end of 2010 to the beginning...
View ArticleWorld: Aid planes, mudslides and war: Save the Children’s busiest year
Source: Save the ChildrenCountry: Brazil, Côte d'Ivoire, Japan, Kenya, Libya, Somalia, Sri Lanka, WorldThursday 22 December 20112011 has been the busiest year for Save the Children’s Humanitarian...
View ArticleSri Lanka: Heavy rains severely affect North & North Central provinces
Source: Government of Sri LankaCountry: Sri LankaThe Disaster Management Centre informs that 10,225 families have been displaced due to the inclement weather situation and majority of them are from the...
View ArticleBangladesh: South Asia Appeal No. MAA52001 - Programme update no. 2
Source: International Federation of Red Cross And Red Crescent SocietiesCountry: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri LankaMAA52001 23 December 2011 This report covers...
View ArticleSri Lanka: Tsunami anniversary highlights early warning gaps
Source: IRINCountry: Sri LankaCOLOMBO, 26 December 2011 (IRIN) - Seven years after a devastating tsunami struck Sri Lanka, more work still needs to be done to secure an effective early-warning system,...
View ArticlePhilippines: Humanitarian Funding Update for Asia Pacific - Fourth Quarter 2011
Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian AffairsCountry: Australia, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Indonesia, Japan, Lao People's Democratic...
View ArticleSri Lanka: Joint Humanitarian and Early Recovery Update November–December...
Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian AffairsCountry: Sri LankaThis report indicates the UN and NGO partner response to continuing humanitarian needs and early recovery concerns, in...
View ArticleSri Lanka: Gales, Cyclones Follow the Tsunami
Source: Inter Press ServiceCountry: Sri LankaBy Amantha PereraWELIGAMA, Sri Lanka, Mar 11, 2012 (IPS) - The gentle waves of Weligama bay that lap at the small, tight-knit fishing village of...
View ArticleSri Lanka: Price Monitoring and Analysis Country Brief, September...
Source: European Union, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United NationsCountry: Sri LankaKey messagesRice prices have been rising in the last months but stabilized in January while wheat flour...
View ArticleSri Lanka: MAALK002 - Annual report 2011
Source: International Federation of Red Cross And Red Crescent SocietiesCountry: Sri LankaThis report covers the period 1 January 2011 to 31 December 2011In brief Programme outcome Through its...
View ArticleSri Lanka: GIEWS Country Brief: Sri Lanka 27-June-2012
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United NationsCountry: Sri LankaFOOD SECURITY SNAPSHOTRecord harvest estimated for 2012 Maha season paddy cropThe 2011 aggregate rice output...
View ArticleSri Lanka: Need for better storm warnings in Sri Lanka
Source: IRINCountry: Sri LankaCOLOMBO, 3 July 2013 (IRIN) - It has been nearly a month since Afthas Niflal almost lost his life at sea. The 22-year-old fisherman from the southern Sri Lankan town of...
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