Several rivers rise as heavy rains trigger minor flooding and landslides

Daily Mirror and Ada Derana report that heavy rain has raised water levels in several rivers, with minor flooding in multiple areas; Ada Derana (தமிழ்) attributes the rising levels to the prevailing rainy weather and says the Irrigation Department reported them.

Lankadeepa reports that 16 major reservoirs continued to overflow because of heavy rain, naming Deduru Oya, Yoda Wewa and Tissa Wewa among them.

Newswire reports that the Irrigation Department issued an amber flood warning for low-lying parts of the Gin Ganga Valley in the Nagoda, Baddegama and Welivitiya-Divithura divisional secretariat areas. Newswire says the warning was effective from 8 p.m. on November 9 until 8 p.m. on November 10, following heavy rainfall in the river’s catchment and analysis of water levels at department monitoring stations. It says residents and motorists were urged to use caution and disaster management authorities were asked to take precautions.

Newsfirst (සිංහල) reports a minor flood-risk notice for areas around the Attanagalu Oya. It attributes the warning to rainfall in the river’s upper and middle areas and the start of water releases through spill gates at the Basnagoda reservoir.