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Several trains cancelled due to adverse weather
27 Nov 2024 (5:33 PM) Ampara tractor incident- Body of one of six missing students found
27 Nov 2024 (2:20 PM) Warning issued over possible cyclone nearing Sri Lanka s east coast
27 Nov 2024 (7:38 PM) President instructs to provide immediate relief to affected people in disaster-stricken areas
27 Nov 2024 (6:27 PM) Red landslide early warning issued for areas in 3 districts extended
27 Nov 2024 (8:00 PM) Death toll climbs to 4 as adverse weather impacts over 230,000
27 Nov 2024 (4:49 PM) |
Several train services have been cancelled due to the prevailing adverse weather conditions in many areas across the island. 
The body of one of the six missing students has been recovered after the tractor they were traveling in was caught in floodwaters at Karaitivu in Ampara District, last evening (26). 
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. 
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 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 Disaster Management Centre (DMC) has reported that the prevailing inclement weather conditions have affected a total of 230,743 individuals across Sri Lanka. Copyright © 2007 - 2024 Col3neg. All Rights Reserved.
