Oct 1, 2019the health impacts of tropical cyclones depend on the number of people living in low-lying coastal areas in the storm’s direct path, the built environment including building design, and whether. Cyclonic storm ditwah made landfall on sri lanka’s eastern coast on 28 november 2025, leaving a major humanitarian crisis in its wake. Jan 9, 2026in the aftermath of cyclone ditwah, kegalle district faced one of the most severe disasters in recent history, marked by widespread floods and landslides that displaced over 26,000 families.
Oct 16, 2024the combined impact of increased cyclone intensity, rising sea levels and increased heavy rainfalls can be devastating for pics, in which most of the population live in coastal areas. Dec 2, 2025sri lanka is experiencing torrential rainfall, severe flooding and landslides as the northeast monsoon intensifies, worsened by the impact of cyclonic storm ditwah which made landfall on the. Dec 2, 2025 as sri lanka faces rapidly worsening conditions triggered by a cyclonic storm, the world health organization today provided us$ 175 000 as emergency funds to support essential.
Tropical cyclone gita in early february 2018, tropical cyclone gita, a category 4 storm with winds of more than 275 kilometres per hour, ravaged the pacific. As the country most affected by the cyclone,. Mar 27, 2025the evaluation found that the scale-up enhanced leadership and increased in-country capacities in the early stages of the response to cyclone idai, thus facilitating the provision of.
Mar 10, 2016the world health organization continues to support the ministry of health and medical services (mohms) in the health response to cyclone winston by strengthening the ministry's health.