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Ratnapura District records highest leptospirosis deaths and infections in 2024
27 Nov 2024 (6:13 PM) Red landslide early warning issued for areas in 3 districts extended
27 Nov 2024 (8:00 PM) Severe weather affects 20 districts, over 276,000 people impacted
28 Nov 2024 (10:26 AM) 59-year-old man dies after falling into water-filled drain in Koswatta
28 Nov 2024 (9:57 AM) President instructs to provide immediate relief to affected people in disaster-stricken areas
27 Nov 2024 (6:27 PM) Warning issued over possible cyclone nearing Sri Lanka s east coast
27 Nov 2024 (7:38 PM) |
The Director of Health Services for the Sabaragamuwa Province, Dr. Kapila Kannangara, has stated that the Ratnapura District has recorded the highest number of deaths and infections from leptospirosis disease this year. 
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. 
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). 
A 59-year-old resident of the Madumulla area in Uda Pussellawa has reportedly died after falling into a water-filled drain in the Mawathagama Industrial Zone in Koswatta. 
President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has directed officials to provide immediate relief services to affected people in disaster-stricken areas by gathering information on-site rather than relying solely on technological data. 
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.
