Sri Lankans have converted churches and temples into emergency relief camps after cyclone Ditwah brought heavy rains, ...

Officials estimate the damage runs into billions of dollars, a headache for the island nation just recovering from an ...

Electrician V. K. Muthukrishnan ran to help when a lightning-fast mudslide flattened his neighbour's home in rural Sri Lanka ...

Forecasts of fresh rain on Thursday raised fears of more damage in flood hit Indonesia and Sri Lanka, after earlier deluges ...

A legal fight over whether an international broker can take part in Sri Lanka’s reinsurance procurement has taken a fresh ...

Sri Lanka Deputy Minister Sunil Watagala warns of strict legal action against defamatory social media campaigns targeting ...

Villagers in Sri Lanka used spades on Wednesday to clear away mud as they searched for the bodies of relatives and friends ...

Southeast Asia has been hit by unusually severe floods this year, with late storms killing more than 1,400 people and leaving ...

Parts of Asia are reeling after torrents of rain unleashed catastrophic floods and landslides last week and killed more than ...

ALAWATHUGODA, Sri Lanka, Dec 2 (Reuters) - Nawaz Nashra recalls grabbing her three-year-old daughter, wrapping her in a ...

Sundays at Paramasivam Pushpalatha’s home used to be a much livelier affair. It was her only day off from the factory and so she would pack seven days of ...

The country’s president said the nationwide flooding after the storm hit last week was the most challenging natural disaster ...