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Showery and windy conditions expected to enhance further
19 May 2024 (9:37 AM) Businessman arrested for assaulting Iranian Ambassador in Colombo
19 May 2024 (6:00 PM) Frog species endemic to Sri Lanka rediscovered in India after 200 years
19 May 2024 (12:58 PM) Red warning issued for very heavy rainfall above 150mm
19 May 2024 (12:31 PM) Landslide early warnings issued for four districts
18 May 2024 (11:13 PM) Advisory for small fishing boats due to bad weather
19 May 2024 (1:30 PM) |
Due to pre-monsoonal conditions over the country and surrounding sea areas, prevailing showery and windy conditions are expected to enhance further during the next few days, according to the Meteorology Department. 
Police have arrested a 33-year-old youth who had allegedly assaulted the Ambassador of Islamic Republic of Iran in Sri Lanka, Dr. Alireza Delkhosh, during an incident near a shopping mall on Muttiah Road in Colombo 02. 
Researchers from the Zoological Survey of India, in partnership with the Andhra Pradesh Biodiversity Board, rediscovered the Sri Lankan golden-backed frog (Hylarana gracilis) after two centuries in the Koundinya wildlife sanctuary in the Chittoor district, the southernmost point of the Eastern Ghats in Andhra Pradesh. 
The Department of Meteorology has issued a Red alert warning of heavy rains for Western, Sabaragamuwa, North-western provinces and for Galle, Matara, Kandy, Nuwara-Eliya and Mannar districts today (19). 
The National Building and Research Organisation (NBRO), on Saturday (May 18) issued early landslide warnings for several localities in four districts, to be in effect until 04.00 p.m. tomorrow (May 19). 
The small fishing boats along the coasts of Mannar to Colombo via Galle, Hambantota to Pottuvil and Ampara are advised not to venture out to sea from 12 noon today until further notice. Copyright © 2007 - 2024 Col3neg. All Rights Reserved.
