Workers and the poor must oppose the government’s plans to impose the huge costs of cyclone recovery on the masses. They are not responsible for the cyclone catastrophe or the underlying capitalist ...

Best known as the home of the world’s rarest great ape, the mountainous Batang Toru forest landscape on the island of Sumatra ...

Townsville Mayor Nick Dametto has warned residents that while the city successfully “dodged a bullet” with the southern shift ...

Veteran environmental activist Hemantha Withanage of Sri Lankan NGO the Center for Environmental Justice has been a regular ...

Aid groups are beginning to respond to the devastation wrought by the cyclone that hit Mynamar three days ago. Approximately 22,500 people are believed to have been killed and another 44,000 are still ...

World Socialist Web Site (WSWS) reporters visited Biyagama, a town in Gampaha District located about 20 km from Colombo, on December 7 to speak with survivors of flooding caused by Cyclone Ditwah.

Behind flood and bushfire disasters is a less visible influence: changes in the planet’s water cycle. Rainfall and ...

Learning about the devastation that a cyclone caused on the island of Sri Lanka about a month ago was scary, said Southwest ...

More than 1,200 landslides were recorded in two provinces in Sri Lanka following Cyclone Ditwah in late November, resulting in crisis evacuations to safeguard vulnerable populations. Most of the ...

Insurers, health funds, and industry bodies are rolling out claims and customer support measures as bushfires in Victoria and ...

As floodwaters recede and recovery begins, a new tropical low is threatening north Queensland, with isolated towns bracing ...