Sri Lanka Issues Landslide Warnings Due To Heavy Rains

Sri Lanka Issues Landslide Warnings Due To Heavy Rains

COLOMBO, Sept 8 (NNN-XINHUA) – Sri Lanka’s National Building Research Organisation, yesterday, issued landslide early warnings for five districts, following heavy rains.

These warnings have been issued for areas in Galle, Kalutara, Kandy, Kegalle and Ratnapura districts.

Accordingly, people living in these areas were urged to be on the alert, about the possibility of landslides, slope failures, rock falls, cutting failures and ground subsidence.

The meteorology department said, showers or thundershowers will occur at times, in most parts of the country in the coming days.– NNN-XINHUA

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