Cyclone Ditwah Leaves 366 Dead in Sri Lanka; Rain Alert in Tamil Nadu, Puducherry

Cyclone Ditwah leaves 366 dead in Sri Lanka; rain alert in Tamil Nadu, Puducherry

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Cyclone Ditwah leaves more than 330 dead in Sri Lanka; India rescues stranded nationals

The Cyclone Ditwah wreaked havoc in Sri Lanka, leaving more than 330 dead with another 376 missing as the island nation grapples with the force of the calamity. India has extended its help to Sri Lanka and has also evacuated more than 300 stranded nationals.

Sri Lanka stocks plunge 2.84-pct at open after Cyclone Ditwah

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s Colombo Stock Exchange was trading down on Monday shortly after open, as the full extent of the disaster following Cyclone Ditwah was becoming more apparent. The All Share Price Index was down 2.84 percent, or 644.04 points, at 22,068.78; the S&P SL20 was down 2.63 percent, or 164.55 points, at 6,102.48. “There is some panic selling, which we have seen in the past, too, following a disaster,” Dimantha Mathew, Chief Rese…

Cyclone Ditwah: Sri Lanka Eases Visa Rules and Urges Airlines for Flexibility

Skift Take: What looked like Sri Lanka’s best shot at getting closer to its 2018 tourism peak may now turn into a softer December. But the government’s quick push shows it’s trying to keep a weather emergency from snowballing into a full-blown tourism setback.Read the Complete Story On Skift

Last Batch Of Stranded Indians Brought Back From Sri Lanka; New Delhi Intensifies Assistance

Thiruvananthapuram: The last batch of Indians stranded in Sri Lanka due to Cyclone Ditwah reached Thiruvananthapuram early on Monday. The group of 104 people was transported from Bandaranaike International Airport in Colombo to the Kerala capital by an Indian Air Force (IAF) aircraft, around 6.30 am, as part of Operation Sagar Bandhu, the Indian High Commission said in a social media post. Meanwhile, New Delhi intensified its assistance to Colom…