Mr Bouchier said shutting the Oceanic down would not help the situation.

Illustration: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration These extreme weather events are expensive.

The CPC is an office under the U.S. National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration.

It was on the beach at the Club Oceanic hotel in Trincomalee.

Albert Thorne, president of the Oceanic, is the head of things here.