#Sri Lanka

2025/12/01-21:21	More than 1,100 killed as deadly storms cause flooding and landslides across Asia Heavy rainfall has unleashed widespread flooding and landslides across Asia, killing more than 1,100 people in a week of destruction for the region and creating treacherous search and rescue operations for hundreds more still missing... 12/01-21:21:14

2020/09/15-12:10	Divers start repair work on firehit oil tanker off Sri Lanka Sri Lanka has started repair work on the ruptured fuel oil tank in the engine room of a stricken fully loaded oil supertanker after plugging the leak, the country’s Navy said on Monday... 09/15-12:10:00

2020/09/09-14:41	Sri Lanka tows stricken oil tanker out to sea, douses fire A Sri Lankan Navy boat sprays water on the New Diamond, a very large crude carrier (VLCC) chartered by Indian Oil Corp (IOC) that was carrying the equivalent of about 2 million barrels of oil, after a fire broke out off the east coast of Sri Lanka, on September 8, 2020... 09/09-14:41:00

2639/05/30-08:09	Sri Lanka ups security to prevent more antiMuslim violence Police in Sri Lanka have stepped up security around mosques ahead of Friday prayers to try to prevent more violence against Muslims, who have been targeted by Buddhist mobs for several days despite a state of emergency... 05/30-08:09:00

2638/08/18-11:37	Death toll of landslides, floods in Sri Lanka reaches 113 Death toll from recent landslides and floods, triggered by monsoon, in Sri Lanka has reached 113, as the island nation has sought international assistance... 08/18-11:37:00