Cyclone Storm Ditwah has caused widespread devastation across Sri Lanka, severely impacting agriculture, fisheries and rural livelihoods, according to the latest country brief issued by the FAO's Global Information and Early Warning System (GIEWS) on Food and Agriculture. The cyclone made landfall on 27 November 2025 and remained over the country for nearly three days,...
Total losses in the fisheries sector are estimated at between LKR 20.5 billion and LKR 21.5 billion. Despite the cyclone's impact, Sri Lanka's aggregate cereal production for 2025 is estimated at 5.4 million tonnes, about 10 percent above the five-year average.
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People- Cyclone Ditwah2
- Cyclone Storm Ditwah
- Maha
Organisations- FAO3
- Global Information2
- Food and Agriculture Organization
- Food and Agriculture
- FAO Cyclone Ditwah
- GIEWS
Places- Sri Lanka3
- Kurunegala2
- Puttalam2
- Ampara2
- paddy2
- Anuradhapura
Keywords- losses2
- livelihood
- estimates
- extensive
- fisheries
- impacting
- producers
- hectares
- landfall
- damaged
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