Weeks after Cyclone Senyar made landfall in northern Sumatra, Indonesia, the province of Aceh continues to struggle. The ...

Photo courtesy of The Weather Channel Sri Lanka experienced unprecedented rainfall in the final days of November with Matale ...

Like many other regions in the Global South, Aceh’s vulnerability can be traced back to colonialism. Post-colonial ...

India faces escalating disaster risks due to geography, climate change, and development patterns, as starkly illustrated in ...

Photo courtesy of Al Jazeera Decades of devaluing the importance of the environment, bad planning and politically expedient ...

Best known as the home of the world’s rarest great ape, the mountainous Batang Toru forest landscape on the island of Sumatra ...

Background Cyclone Ditwah, which formed on 26 November 2025, and lasted until 3 December 2025, was perhaps the deadliest ...

Cyclone Ditwah, which recently swept across Sri Lanka, has resulted in the tragic loss of nearly 640 lives. Over 200 ...

Institutionalising Climate Risk Insurance into Bangladesh’s Social Protection and Disaster Management Mechanisms” was held on ...

More than 1,200 landslides were recorded in two provinces in Sri Lanka following Cyclone Ditwah in late November, resulting in crisis evacuations to safeguard vulnerable populations. Most of the ...

COLOMBO, December 15, 2025—The World Bank Group is deeply saddened by the devastation caused by Cyclone Ditwah in Sri Lanka. Our thoughts are with the people who have lost loved ones, homes, and ...