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Sri 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...

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Sri 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...

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Sri 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...

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Sri 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...

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Sri 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...

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World: 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...

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Sri 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...

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Sri 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,...

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Philippines: 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...

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Sri 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...

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Sri 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...

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Sri 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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