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President instructs to provide immediate relief to affected people in disaster-stricken areas
27 Nov 2024 (6:27 PM) Ampara tractor accident- Body of another missing boy found
27 Nov 2024 (11:53 PM) Several trains cancelled due to adverse weather
27 Nov 2024 (5:33 PM) Warning issued over possible cyclone nearing Sri Lanka s east coast
27 Nov 2024 (7:38 PM) 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) |
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 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. 
Several train services have been cancelled due to the prevailing adverse weather conditions in many areas across the island. 
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. 
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. Copyright © 2007 - 2024 Col3neg. All Rights Reserved.
