Date: January 2011 Relentless monsoon rains in January 2011 triggered severe flooding in the eastern part of Sri Lanka, killing over 40 people and forcing 400,000 to abandon their homes. More than a million people were affected in all, almost half of them...
Date: May 2009 The Sri Lankan government’s armed conflict with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) came to an end after 25 years in May 2009, following the death of the LTTE’s leader Velupillai Prabhakaran. The conflict had torn the country apart and...
Date: 15 November 2007 Category: 5 (Very Severe Tropical Cyclone) Cyclone Sidr which hit on 15 November 2007 resulted in one of Bangladesh’s worst natural disasters with 3,406 confirmed dead, 1,001 missing and more than seven million lives and livelihoods impacted....
Date: 11 March 2011 Magnitude: 9.0 A 9.0 Richter undersea earthquake on 11 March 2011 triggered a major tsunami that caused massive destruction in Japan’s coastal prefectures of Fukushima, Iwate and Miyagi. Its impact was exacerbated by a nuclear meltdown at the...
Date: 25 October – 30 November 2010 Volcano Explosivity Index: 4 Indonesia’s most active volcano started erupting again in late October 2010, spewing lava and pyroclastic flows down its slopes. The disaster claimed the lives of over 300 people, injuring 500 more...
Date: 25 October 2010 Magnitude: 7.7 In October 2010, an earthquake off the West Coast of Sumatra triggered a tsunami that struck the Mentawai Islands, killing 435 people with another 110 unaccounted for. The tsunami also caused widespread destruction, displacing more...
