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Recent situation reports, news and related articles and documents with regard to Drought are presented here.

• Drought worsens lives of 117,000 people across island, April 07, 2019.
  More than 117,000 people from 33,775 Sri Lankan families across the island are once again facing the double whammy of debilitating drought and the lack of water for drinking, livestock, and cultivation as of this month. read more…
• Drought reveals submerged vihara in Kotmale, April 7, 2019.
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• Sri Lanka’s drought, failure to raise power capacity force nationwide power cuts, by Shihar Aneez, March 25, 2019
  COLOMBO (Reuters) – Sri Lanka’s state-run power firm has imposed daily power cuts … as a drought has slashed hydro-power output. read more…
• Drought conditions affects five districts, February 26, 2018.
  The latest weather advisory issued by the Met Department states that five districts have been affected by dry weather.read more…
• Over 40,000 families affected by drought, June 17, 2018.
  More than 40,000 families in Sri Lanka are said to be affected by drought by today as the country joined the world in marking international Day to combat desertification and drought, the Disaster Management Centre (DMC) said. read more…
• 890,000 people affected by prevailing drought, September 12, 2018.
  As the dry weather condition continues to take place across the island, the DMC stated that up to 890,000 have been affectedread more…
• RED ALERT issued to the Northern province due to cyclone ‘Gaja’ November 16, 2018
  The cyclonic storm ‘Gaja’ crossed between the Tamil Nadu and Puducherry coast with a wind speed of about 120 km per hour. read more…
• Close to a million people across the provinces affected : Drought takes its toll by Nushka Nafeel
  to a million people have been affected by the prolonged drought in the country, according to statistics released by the Disaster Management Centre. The drought, considered one of the worst in recent times, has resulted in 99% of read more…
• Rs. 40m for drought stricken areas
  people are affected countrywide due to the prevailing drought, Disaster Management Centre (DMC) Assistant Director Pradeep Kodippili said. He said that the country had been hampered by drought since last December. Drought had hit badly in the Northern Province read more…
• Health impacts on drought stricken residents by Carl Aloysius
  all districts, health authorities have warned, the prolonged drought conditions could trigger several diseases among the target population. … economic problems confronting them in Sri Lanka’s worst drought, for decades,” Deputy Director Public Health, Dr Sarath Amunugama read more…
• Drought alarm!
  week to provide an emergency allowance of Rs. 10,000 per drought-affected farmer family is timely, but much more needs to be done. … supervision to respond to all aspects of the months- long drought, the worst in decades. Of Dry Zone farmer origins himself, Mr. Sirisena read more…
• Drought affects over 200,000 families: Met dept forecasts showers this week by Sanjeevi Jayasuriya
  that nearly one million people have been affected by the drought and the impending rains are the only hope in the drought stricken areas, while people living in areas not so affected by the read more…
• To offset effects of drought: Uninterrupted power supply to cost Rs 50b by Uditha Kumarasinghe
  to ensure uniterrupted power supply to the country if the drought continues for another six months, Power and Renewable Energy Minister … will look into it,” the Minister said. “We hope this drought will not prevail for another six months as rains are expected in March read more…
• Drought affects 50,000 in Ampara by I L M Rizan
  of sixteen thousand families have been affected by the drought in the Divisional Secretariat areas of Lahugala, Maha Oya, Pottuvil, … and Alayadivembu in the Ampara district. The severe drought has resulted in a large scale scarcity of drinking water in the read more…
• Extreme drought and floods hit SL’s food production
  to halt growing food insecurity Rome – A severe drought followed by heavy rainfall in Sri Lanka has hit large swaths of … to the joint Crop and Food Security Assessment Mission, drought conditions in 2016 and early 2017 led to widespread crop failures, in read more…
• Drought chokes coconut yield by Lalin Fernadopulle
  February and the effects of this year’s and last year’s drought in coconut growing areas, said coconut growers. The coconut … share of the yield in the country. “This year’s drought is more severe than last year’s which has resulted in a drastic read more…
• Govt authorities ready to face drought by Anurangi Singh
  and authorities are now lacing up to face the effects of the drought in the coming months as it was reported yesterday that drinking water … are being kept on alert. “We are bracing for a drought situation in the coming weeks. Irrigation, Mahaweli Development, Power read more…