The death toll due to adverse weather conditions in Sri Lanka has increased to two, as of 06.00 am today (15).

According to the Disaster Management Centre (DMC), the second death was reported in the Chankanai area in Jaffna.

Previously, one person was reported in the Koralepatthua South area in Batticaloa. 

A total of 3,475 persons from 113 families across 08 districts have been severely affected by inclement weather.

The DMC states that 104 persons from 29 families have been placed in two temporary safety shelters. 

Further, 88 houses have been partially damaged due to bad weather conditions. (Newswire)

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The death toll due to Cyclone Ditwah in Sri Lanka has increased to 639 as of 06.00 am today. 

According to the Disaster Management Centre, the highest number of deaths is reported in the Kandy District (234), followed by Badulla (90) and Nuwara Eliya (89).

Meanwhile, 203 persons are reported missing due to the landslides and floods triggered by Cyclone Ditwah in Sri Lanka. 

The highest number of missing persons has been reported in Kandy District (82), followed by Kegalle (39) and Nuwara Eliya (37). 

A total of 1,824,771 individuals from 529,741 families across 25 districts remain affected by the disaster situation. 

The DMC states 86,040 persons from 27,145 families remain at 878 safety shelters, at present. (Newswire)

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The death toll due to the recent disaster situation in Sri Lanka has risen to 635 as of 12.00 pm today. 

According to the Disaster Management Centre, 192 people remain missing due to the impact of Cyclone Ditwah. 

A total of 1,766,103 persons from 512,123 families across 25 districts are severely affected due to the disaster situation. 

The DMC states 69,861 persons from 22,218 families have been placed in 690 temporary shelters.

Furthermore, 5,325 houses have been fully damaged, and 81,163 houses were partially damaged during this period. (Newswire)

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Sri Lanka says the death toll from the island-wide disaster has risen to 410 as of 10.00 am today (02 Dec).

According to the Disaster Management Centre’s latest update, 336 people remain missing across all 25 districts. (Newswire)

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A total of 366 deaths have been reported in Sri Lanka due to adverse weather, in the 06 days from November 26 to December 01.

According to the Disaster Management Centre (DMC), 367 people are reported missing as of 06.00 pm today.

A total of 1,151,776 persons from 316,366 families across 25 districts have been severely affected.

The DMC states that 218,526 individuals from 61,612 families remain at 1,564 safety shelters as of today. (Newswire)

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A total of 159 persons are reported dead and 203 are reported missing due to inclement weather conditions in Sri Lanka.

According to the Disaster Management Centre, 159 deaths have been reported in 12 districts in the five days between 26-30 November.

The highest number of deaths have been reported in the Badulla and Kandy districts, 52 each, while 18 deaths were reported in Matale. 

The DMC says 122,822 persons from 34,198 families have been placed at 919 temporary shelters currently. (Newswire)

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A total of 123 deaths have been reported so far in 12 districts due to the adverse weather conditions experienced in Sri Lanka. 

According to the Disaster Management Centre (DMC), 51 deaths have been reported in the Kandy District, the highest, as of 09.00 am today. 

A total of 35 deaths have been reported in the Badulla District, 09 in Kegalle, 08 in Matale, 06 in Nuwara Eliya, 03 in Kurunegala, and 02 in Monaragala.

01 death each have been reported in the Anuradhapura, Jaffna, Hambantota, and Galle Districts.

According to the DMC, 130 persons are reported missing during this period.

A total of 43,925 persons from 13,690 families affected by adverse weather have been placed in 488 temporary shelters. (Newswire)

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Rescuers freed four people from collapsed buildings in Myanmar on Monday, Chinese media reported, offering some hope three days after a massive earthquake that killed around 2,000 as searchers in Myanmar and Thailand raced to find more survivors.

Among those rescued from the rubble in Mandalay in the early hours of Monday were a pregnant woman and a girl, the Xinhua news agency reported.

Mandalay is near the epicentre of the 7.7-magnitude earthquake on Friday that wreaked mass devastation in Myanmar and caused damage and deaths in neighbouring Thailand.

China, India and Thailand are among Myanmar’s neighbours that have sent relief materials and teams, along with aid and personnel from Malaysia, Singapore and Russia.

“It doesn’t matter how long we work. The most important thing is that we can bring hope to the local people,” said Yue Xin, head of the first detachment of the China Search and Rescue Team, Xinhua reported.

In Bangkok, Thailand’s capital, emergency crews using cranes and dog sniffers on Monday continued a desperate search for 76 people believed buried under the rubble of an under-construction skyscraper that collapsed.

Bangkok Governor Chadchart Sittipunt said rescuers are not giving up despite the conventional-wisdom three-day window for finding people alive fast approaching.

“The search will continue even after 72 hours because in Turkey, people who have been trapped for a week have survived. The search has not been cancelled,” Chadchart said.

He said machine scans of the rubble indicated there may still be people alive underneath, and dog sniffers are being dispatched to try to pinpoint their locations.

“We’ve detected weak life signs and there are many spots,” he said.

Thailand’s official death toll was at 18 on Sunday, but could shoot up without more rescues at the collapsed building site.

In Myanmar, state media said at least 1,700 people have been confirmed dead as of Sunday. The Wall Street Journal, citing the ruling military junta, reported the death toll had reached 2,028 in Myanmar. Reuters could not immediately confirm the new death toll. The United Nations said it was rushing relief supplies to survivors in central Myanmar.

“Our teams in Mandalay are joining efforts to scale up the humanitarian response despite going through the trauma themselves,” said Noriko Takagi, the U.N. refugee agency’s representative in Myanmar. “Time is of the essence as Myanmar needs global solidarity and support through this immense devastation.”

The United States pledged $2 million in aid “through Myanmar-based humanitarian assistance organizations”. It said in a statement that an emergency response team from USAID, which is undergoing massive cuts under the Trump administration, is deploying to Myanmar.

The quake devastation has piled more misery on Myanmar, already in chaos from a civil war that grew out of a nationwide uprising after a 2021 military coup ousted the elected government of Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi. (First Post)

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• Situation summary:

The death toll due to the inclement weather experienced across Sri Lanka has increased to 17, as of 06.00 am today.

According to the Disaster Management Centre (DMC), 11 of the deaths are reported from Ampara, and one each from Badulla, Puttalam, Trincomalee, Vavuniya, and Jaffna.  

No persons are reported missing, while 20 are reported to have sustained injuries in various disaster incidents. 

A total of 469,910 persons from 139,603 families are severely affected across 24 districts. 

The DMC said 23,537 persons from 7,394 families were placed in 202 safety shelters, while 116,034 persons from 45,368 families were placed in the houses of relatives.

• Landslide warnings:

The National Building Research Organization (NBRO) says landslide warnings issued to 09 districts have been extended until 04.00 pm today.

Yellow and amber alerts have been issued to some areas of the Badulla, Colombo, Gampaha, Kandy, Kegalle, Kurunegala, Matale, Nuwara-Eliya, and Ratnapura Districts. 

• Flood warnings:

The Irrigation Department has issued flood warnings due to a rise in the water levels of Mahaweli River, Deduru-Oya, and Malwathu Oya. 

However, the flood situation in most areas has returned to normal with flood water receding. 

• Tri-forces operations;

A total of 3183 officers from the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Police are continuing relief activities in affected areas. 

A total of 2080 Army officers, 520 Navy officers, 540 Air Force officers, and 43 Police officers are on duty to address disaster situations. 

• Emergency hotlines;

The DMC urges those who require assistance due to adverse weather conditions to contact its emergency hotline 117 or other hotlines 011- 2136 222 / 011-2670 002.

People can contact the 24-hour Police operation centre via the hotlines 011-2027148, 011-2472757, 011-2430912, 011-2013051, or 107 (Tamil-speaking) or via the email disaster.ops@police.gov.lk (Newswire)  

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The death toll from the tragic accident at the ‘Foxhill SuperCross 2024’ event in April has increased to eight (08), with the demise of a 16-year-old female victim. 

The Police Media Unit confirmed to Newswire that the girl had died while undergoing treatment at the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at the Badulla General Hospital last night. 

The deceased has been identified as a 16-year-old schoolgirl and a resident of Diyathalawa. 

Initially, seven individuals were killed and 23 others were injured after a car hurtled into spectators at the ‘Fox Hill Super Cross 2024’ event held in Diyathalawa in April.

The drivers of two cars were arrested following the incident but were later released on bail. 

A seven-member investigation panel, led by a Major General, was also appointed to uncover the circumstances surrounding the accident and to prevent future such incidents.

Sri Lanka’s Sports Ministry also provided compensation to the injured and the families of victims of the accident.

The Sports Ministry provided a sum of Rs. 1 million each to the families of those who were killed in the tragic accident, while a sum of Rs. 250,000 each is to be provided as compensation to those who were injured. (Newswire)

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