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(1) Cyclone Ditwah batters Sri Lanka
As Cyclone Ditwah crossed Sri Lanka, it brought torrential rains, starring to overflowing rivers and landslides. The death toll reached 159 connected Saturday (November 29, 2025). Most fatalities were recorded from Kandy and Badulla districts.
Water levels astatine gauging stations breached insignificant flood and large flood levels on rivers similar the Kelani adjacent the country’s superior Colombo. Rainfall was recorded astatine 375 mm successful ASC Chedikkulam station, successful the country’s northbound connected November 27, and Kilinocchi presumption further northbound recorded 295mm rainfall connected November 28. For November 29, rainfall strength was higher successful the northernmost parts, with Jaffna receiving the astir rainfall arsenic the cyclone began moving towards India’s eastbound coast.
The cyclone had strengthened into a cyclonic tempest disconnected Sri Lanka’s eastbound seashore and remained a cyclonic tempest arsenic it made its mode on the seashore to re-enter the Bay of Bengal. The cyclone is acceptable to weaken into a heavy slump by November 30 and past a slump by December 1 disconnected the seashore adjacent Chennai.
(2) Volcano eruption triggers formation cancellations
The Hayli Gubbi volcano successful Ethiopia erupted connected Tuesday (November 25, 2025), sending an ash unreality that began moving eastwards toward China. The ash unreality caused disruptions to aviation, with several flights being cancelled from and to large Indian cities. Volcanic ash affects flying successful assorted ways, from little terrible damages similar electrostatic discharge connected the aboveground of the craft to much terrible damages similar hindering creaseless motor operation.
Here is simply a look astatine the antithetic kinds of damages craft tin prolong aft an brushwood with volcanic ash.
A database of craft encounters with volcanic ash betwixt 1953 to 2016 showed that abrasion, ash deposits successful antithetic parts of the craft and sulphur odour noted wrong the craft were among the apical damages reported. While determination person been nary incidents wherever an craft has crashed owed to ash, the substance poses hazard to creaseless functioning of navigation and communications, captious components and rider comfort.
(3) Fire successful Hong Kong kills astatine slightest 94
A disastrous blaze successful a Hong Kong high-rise residential analyzable killed astatine slightest 94 radical and injured respective others connected Wednesday this week (November 26, 2025). Renovation enactment was ongoing successful the analyzable astatine the clip of the incident. Materials similar bamboo scaffolding and operation nets helped the occurrence dispersed to 7 of the 8 blocks successful the complex. Three radical person been arrested by the Hong Kong constabulary for suspected manslaughter.
This fire’s toll is the highest since 2005 arsenic per statistic from the occurrence work department, with the adjacent highest toll being 33 successful fires reported past year. Moreover, fires successful home buildings person made up betwixt 15% to 25% of each fires reported successful the portion (excluding mendacious alarms and unwanted alarms).
Hong Kong’s authorities provides property lodging and residential complexes similar the Wang Fuk Court to eligible citizens astatine affordable rents and affordable prices for location ownership. The Wang Fuk Court was 1 specified analyzable meant to assistance radical bargain homes astatine subsidised prices.
(4) Actor Dharmendra dies astatine 89
Veteran histrion Dharmendra Kewal Krishan Deol, affectionately known arsenic Dharmendra, passed distant successful Mumbai connected Monday (November 24, 2025). The 89-year-old histrion had been successful and retired of Mumbai’s Breach Candy infirmary respective days earlier this month. He was aboriginal discharged and continued his betterment astatine home.
On Monday, a constabulary connection said that the histrion passed distant successful the morning. Fans thronged the crematorium country from noon till evening causing postulation snarls successful the locality. The histrion is survived by his wives Prakash Kaur and Hema Malini, sons Sunny and Bobby Deol, and daughters Vijeta, Ajeeta, Esha and Ahana.
Dharmendra has near down a stellar bequest by having played immoderate of the astir loved characters successful Hindi cinema successful the past six decades. The timeline graphic beneath highlights his travel into superstardom followed by a displacement into immoderate memorable quality roles on with different important events successful his beingness including his stint arsenic a Member of Parliament from 2004 until 2009.
(5) ICC T20 World Cup 2026 docket announced
The 10th variation of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup, to beryllium hosted by India and Sri Lanka, volition statesman connected February 7, 2026. Six teams, including defending champions India, volition beryllium successful enactment connected the opening day.
The radical signifier goes connected till February 20, pursuing which the Super Eight signifier volition statesman the adjacent day. The apical 4 teams from the Super Eights volition suffice for the knockout stage, with the semi-finals to beryllium held successful Kolkata/Colombo and Mumbai, up of the rubric clash connected March 8 successful Ahmedabad/Colombo.
Traditional rivals India and Pakistan person been clubbed successful Group A and volition play each different successful Colombo’s R Premadasa Stadium connected February 15, 2026 arsenic per the schedule.
Click present to cognize each astir ICC T20 World Cup 2026 schedule
