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Disaster management: Need for radical rethink

Original Reporting by The Island
Wednesday, 28 October 2026 at 00:00
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Disaster management: Need for radical rethink
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Wednesday 28th October, 2026 Sri Lanka takes disaster management for granted, paying it the attention it deserves only when the fear of disasters looms. Cyclone Arnab is intensifying over the Bay of Bengal and moving towards India’s eastern.

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  • —Wednesday 28th October, 2026 Sri Lanka takes disaster management for granted, paying it the attention it deserves only when the fear of disasters looms.
  • —Cyclone Arnab is intensifying over the Bay of Bengal and moving towards India’s eastern coast, causing heavy rainfall here.
  • —The Irrigation Department has warned of floods in several parts of the [].
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