Cyclone Ditwah: A Preventable Tragedy

Photo courtesy of France 24 Why was Sri Lanka unprepared for Cyclone Ditwah? This question haunts every survivor, every family member who lost a loved one, every rescue worker who arrived too late. The uncomfortable truth emerging from post-disaster analyses is clear: while the storm itself was tracked and forecasted, Sri Lanka’s warning and response systems failed catastrophically, contributing to a death toll exceeding 470 people and leaving over 1.4 million affected. This was not an act of God that arrived without warning. This was a preventable tragedy. It was made worse by systemic failures in communication, discrimination in information…

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