{"id":246812,"date":"2023-12-02T07:54:03","date_gmt":"2023-12-01T23:54:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=246812"},"modified":"2023-12-02T07:56:49","modified_gmt":"2023-12-01T23:56:49","slug":"sri-lanka-issues-red-alert-for-strong-winds-rough-seas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=246812","title":{"rendered":"Sri Lanka Issues Red Alert For Strong Winds, Rough Seas"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>COLOMBO, Dec 2 (NNN-XINHUA) &#8211; Sri Lanka&#8217;s meteorology department, issued a red alert yesterday, for strong winds and rough seas, as a depression developed over the Bay of Bengal sea areas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Issuing a statement, the department said, fishing and naval communities in the deep and shallow sea areas in the south-west Bay of Bengal must be wary of strong winds and rough seas, as the low-pressure area has developed into a depression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The weather conditions will turn into a cyclonic storm by tomorrow (Dec 3), the department said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As a precautionary measure, naval and fishing communities are strongly advised to refrain from venturing into sea areas along the coast for the next 48 hours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Moreover, individuals currently in these areas are urged to return to the safety of the coast, or seek shelter in safer locations immediately.&#8211; NNN-XINHUA &nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>COLOMBO, Dec 2 (NNN-XINHUA) &#8211; Sri Lanka&#8217;s meteorology department, issued a red alert yesterday, for strong winds and rough seas, as a depression developed over the Bay of Bengal sea areas. Issuing a statement, the department said, fishing and naval communities in the deep and shallow sea areas in the south-west Bay of Bengal must [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":246814,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[215,322,286],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246812"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=246812"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246812\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":246815,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246812\/revisions\/246815"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/246814"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=246812"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=246812"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=246812"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}