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Severe weather affects 20 districts, over 276,000 people impacted
28 Nov 2024 (10:26 AM) Ampara tractor accident- Body of another missing boy found
27 Nov 2024 (11:53 PM) Ampara tractor accident- Body of another missing boy found
27 Nov 2024 (11:53 PM) Red landslide early warning issued for areas in 3 districts extended
27 Nov 2024 (8:00 PM) Warning issued over possible cyclone nearing Sri Lanka s east coast
27 Nov 2024 (7:38 PM) Warning issued over possible cyclone nearing Sri Lanka s east coast
27 Nov 2024 (7:38 PM) |
Adverse weather conditions have severely impacted 20 districts across the island, with total of 80,642 families in 166 Divisional Secretariat divisions currently affected, according to the Disaster Management Center (DMC). 
The body of another student out of the six who went missing after the tractor they were traveling on toppled and was swept away by floodwaters at Karaitivu in Ampara District last evening (26), has been discovered. 
The National Building Research Organisation (NBRO) has extended the Level 3 (Red) Landslide Early Warning issued to several divisional secretariat divisions (DSDs) in Kandy, Matale and Nuwara-Eliya districts urging the residents of these areas to evacuate to safer locations. 
The Department of Meteorology warns that the deep depression over the southwest Bay of Bengal, which was located 110 km to the east of Trincomalee at around 11.30 a.m. today (27), is likely to move closer to the east coast of Sri Lanka and further intensify into a cyclonic storm during the next 06 hours. Copyright © 2007 - 2024 Col3neg. All Rights Reserved.
