COLOMBO, Nov 6 (NNN-XINHUA) – Sri Lanka’s National Building Research Organisation (NBRO), issued early landslide warnings yesterday, for multiple areas across eight districts, as heavy rainfall continued to impact parts of the country.
The NBRO said that, the warnings will remain in effect until 4:00 p.m. today.
Level 1 (Amber) and Level 2 (Yellow) warnings, have been issued for several areas within these districts, according to the NBRO.
Meanwhile, the Department of Meteorology has forecast rainfall exceeding 100 millimetres for most parts of the island until today.
Sri Lanka’s Disaster Management Centre (DMC), reported that, more than 300 people had been affected by heavy rains as of yesterday noon.– NNN-XINHUA
