බෙංගාල බොක්කේ අඩු පීඩනය සුළි කුණාටුවක් දක්වා වර්ධනය වීමේ අවදානමක්: ප්‍රදේශ කිහිපයකට තද වැසි

Lankadeepa, Rupavahini News and Sri Lanka Mirror report that the Department of Meteorology said a depression in the east-central Bay of Bengal and nearby southeastern waters had strengthened into a deep depression. Rupavahini News and Sri Lanka Mirror report that it was travelling west and centred near 15.3° north and 89.7° east.

Daily Mirror, Rupavahini News and Sri Lanka Mirror report that forecasters expected the system to become a cyclonic storm over the east-central Bay on October 26. They forecast that it would then head west-northwest and could become a severe cyclonic storm over the west-central Bay by around October 27. Rupavahini News had earlier reported a forecast of a cyclone by the morning of October 26.

Rupavahini News and Sri Lanka Mirror report that the department did not anticipate a direct effect on Sri Lanka, while winds drawn toward the system could raise rainfall in the island’s southwest over the next few days. Those outlets forecast intermittent showers or thunderstorms in the Northern, Western, Sabaragamuwa, Southern, North Western, Central and North Central provinces, as well as Trincomalee district; rainfall could exceed 100 mm in isolated places. Rupavahini News and Sri Lanka Mirror also report possible afternoon showers in Uva province and Ampara and Batticaloa districts.

Rupavahini News and Sri Lanka Mirror report that winds reaching about 40–50 km/h may affect the western slopes of the Central hills, northern and northwestern areas, and Trincomalee and Hambantota districts. They say the meteorological department urged people to take precautions against lightning and brief strong gusts during thunderstorms.

Newswire reports that an amber heavy-rain advisory was issued at 3 a.m. on October 26 and remains in force until 5:30 a.m. on October 27, with residents in affected areas advised to prepare. For readings taken from 8:30 a.m. on October 25 to 3 a.m. on October 26, Newswire reports totals of 163 mm at Poonarin in Kilinochchi district, 148 mm at Illuppaikkadavai in Mannar and 110 mm at Tholpuram in Jaffna.

Written automatically by AI from the outlets’ own reports, and not reviewed by an editor. It can be wrong — the original report is the authority.