Disaster In Sri Lanka. Sri lanka generally witnesses two main monsoon types namely the southwest monsoon may september and northeast monsoon december february along with two interior monsoon periods in march april and october november. Natural disasters in sri lanka by.
Sri lanka national report on disaster risk poverty and human development relationship. The disaster management centre with the assistance of large number of technical agencies and academic institutions have prepared a national level hazard profile for coastal erosion. The volcanic mountain named karakatoa located in the.
Large amount of rains were received within 12 hours in sw regions including namunuthanna 619mm of bulathsinghela 419mm.
Sri lanka national report on disaster risk poverty and human development relationship. Disaster risk reduction in sri lanka pages 9 1 3 social impact of disasters despite the recurrent disasters and past conflicts the number of households falling below the poverty line is among the lowest in the region and sri lanka has made significant progress in poverty reduction. The disaster management centre with the assistance of large number of technical agencies and academic institutions have prepared a national level hazard profile for coastal erosion. The disaster management centre revealed that districts such as galle and matara were the worst affected areas.
