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| Heavy rains in the South,Sri Lanka |
The island will experience heavy rains during the next few days...
Sri Lanka Disaster Management Centre(DMC) reported that due to heavy rain in the southern and Uva regions several roads were inundated. Wilpita-Akurassa road and Kamburupitiya-Mulatiyana road in the Matara district went under water.
DMC spokesman Mr Pradeep Kodippily said that many roads were also blocked due to earth slips and inundations in Deniyaya-Galle areas. Nuwara Eliya-Hatton road was closed once again as the earth mounds fell on the road.
Further, due to overflow of Gin ganga, Neluwa- Kosmulla road, Dellawa-Tawalama road and Tawalama-Udugama road inundated at several places in Galle.
The highest rain falls recorded:
- Deniyaya 141 mm
- sirikandura 55 mm
- Baticaloa 39 mm
- Rathnapura 71 mm
Meanwhile the Department of Meteorology states many areas in the island will experience heavy rains during the next few days due to a disturbance in the lower atmosphere.
General public is kindly requested to take adequate precautions to minimize the damages caused by lightning activities.
