IIT-Bombay's SpADANet uses AI for improved, spatially aware cyclone damage assessment, enhancing accuracy even with limited ...
Cyclone Ditwah, which struck Sri Lanka last month, caused an estimated $4.1 billion in direct physical damage to buildings, agriculture and critical infrastructure, according to a World Bank report ...
All these were promising signs for a better future until the country was hit by an unexpected natural disaster in the form of ...
Veteran environmental activist Hemantha Withanage of Sri Lankan NGO the Center for Environmental Justice has been a regular ...
HYDERABAD, India (Reuters) -A severe cyclone that battered India's eastern coast this week caused damage estimated at nearly 53 billion rupees ($603 million), as ‌farms, roads and buildings were ...
Workers and the poor must oppose the government’s plans to impose the huge costs of cyclone recovery on the masses. They are ...
A new report has found buildings in south-east Queensland and northern New South Wales would only be able to safely withstand weather slightly more severe than what was experienced during ex-Tropical ...
Bandara Jayaratne from Beraliya, a village in the Aranayaka region in Sri Lanka, is among the fortunate individuals who escaped a landslide on Nov. 28 that occurred right behind his house. Landslides ...
Reports received by us from tea brokers, the Colombo Tea Traders’ Association (CTTA) and other sources indicated that, by and ...