Public urged to reconsider planned excursions due to heavy rains, landslide warnings

Sri Lanka’s National Building Research Organisation has issued or extended landslide early warnings amid ongoing wet weather, according to Rupavahini News, Sri Lanka Mirror and Ada Derana (தமிழ்). Daily Mirror reports that the public was urged to take particular care with planned excursions to the central hill country and other areas affected by rain.

Rupavahini News reports Level 2 amber alerts for parts of Kandy, Nuwara Eliya and Ratnapura districts: Udapalatha, Medadumbara and Kundasale in Kandy; Ambagamuwa in Nuwara Eliya; and Ratnapura, Elapatha and Kuruwita in Ratnapura. It says residents in those areas were told to remain highly alert.

Rupavahini News also reports Level 1 yellow alerts in parts of Badulla, Kandy, Kegalle, Kurunegala, Monaragala, Nuwara Eliya and Ratnapura districts. It says residents and drivers were advised to watch for landslides, earth slips and falling rocks, and to go to safe locations in an emergency.

The reports indicate that the warnings were extended, but do not provide a consistent end time: Rupavahini News says the alerts were in force until 10 p.m. on the 22nd, while Sri Lanka Mirror reports that the extension ran until 4 p.m. the following day, the 24th. The supplied reports do not specify the month or year.

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