The first storm to lash the JVP’s Pelawatte Headquarters is its dogged insistence on being unaware that a cyclone was heading toward the island and was expected to make landfall on November 26.

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Bernie Krause has devoted years to recording the sounds of the natural world — rare songbirds and insects, whales and mountain lions. But in the predawn hours of October 2017, what he heard outside ...

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After Sri Lanka struggled through one of the worst storms in its history, tea plantation workers are taking temporary refuge ...

Sri Lanka expects its economy to expand by more than 5% next year, matching this year’s pace and significantly outstripping ...

Sri Lanka is trying to steady its tourism sector after Cyclone Ditwah tore through the island. The country said it's open for ...

Mud and sand have swamped a rice crop across Kalanchi Dewage Risman's two-acre (0.8-hectare) tract that had just been ...

Two weeks after Cyclone Ditwah struck Sri Lanka, the actual environmental cost of the disaster remains largely unknown, as ...

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