After harassing Sri Lanka, reports say that Cyclone Roanu battered the coast of southern Bangladesh and Chittagong on Saturday, forcing half a million people to flee their homes and leaving 20 people dead in floods and rain-triggered landslides. Winds were as strong as 88 kilometres per hour. The cyclone damaged hundreds of shanties in two […]
COLOMBO: Desperation in Sri Lanka’s capital. People scrambling for rubber dinghies and makeshift rafts on Friday (May 20) to escape monster floods in the capital Colombo. Half a million people have fled their homes across the island. The heaviest rains in 25 years have pounded the island since a week now, sparking huge landslides that […]
