Rising global temperatures, rapid urbanisation, and deforestation exacerbated the impact of floods triggered by cyclonic storms in Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Indonesia, and Thailand last month, leading to the death of at least 1,600 people in the four countries, according to a new study. While Cyclone Ditwah struck Sri Lanka on November 27, Cyclone Senyar made landfall first on November 26 in Indonesia and then in Malaysia on November 27.

The study, ‘Increasing heavy rainfall and extreme flood heights in a warming climate threaten densely populated regions across Sri Lanka and the Malacca Strait’, was published on Thursday (December 11). It was carried out by a team of researchers with the World Weather Attribution (WWA) group.

The analysis highlighted that although the affected countries expe

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