Sri Lanka & the Global Climate Emergency: The Lessons of Cyclone Ditwah By Asoka Bandarage Copyright © 2025 IPS-Inter Press Service.

https://www.ipsnews.net/2025/12/sri-lanka-the-global-climate-emergency-the-lessons-of-cyclone-ditwah/?utm_source=email_marketing&utm_admin=146128&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=A_New_UN_SecretaryGeneral_Needs_the_Blessings_of_the_US_or_Get_Vetoed_Sindh_Peoples_Housing_Redefine WASHINGTON DC, Dec 9 2025 (IPS) - Tropical Cyclone Ditwah, which made landfall in Sri Lanka on 28 November 2025, is considered the country’s worst natural disaster since the deadly 2004 tsunami. It intensified the northeast monsoon, bringing torrential rainfall, massive flooding, and 215 severe landslides across seven districts. Copyright © 2025 IPS-Inter Press Service.