Landslide early warning for 6 districts extended as heavy rains prevail. The National Building Research Organization (NBRO) has extended the landslide early warnings issued to a total of 06 districts – Ratnapura, Kalutara, Kandy, Kegalle, Matara and Nuwara Eliya.
Level 3 (Red) warning is issued to Kalawana, Pelmadulla and Ratnapura divisional secretariat divisions in Ratnapura District for a period of 24 hours until 5.00 p.m. today. Residents of the aforementioned areas are urged to evacuate to safe locations to avoid the risk of landslides, slope failures, rock falls, cutting failures and ground subsidence, if the rainfall prevails.
Meanwhile, Level 2 (Amber) warning is effective in Kalutara and Ratnapura districts. People living in the aforementioned areas are advised to be on alert about the possibility of landslides, slope failures, rock falls, cutting failures and ground subsidence and to evacuate to safe locations if the need arises.
The Department of Meteorology, in a weather advisory issued earlier today, said showers or thundershowers can be expected at times in the Western, Sabaragamuwa, Central and North-Western provinces as well as in Galle and Matara districts. Heavy showers above 100 mm can take place at some places in Sabaragamuwa Province and in Kandy, Nuwara-Eliya, Galle and Matara districts.
