Heavy showers above 75mm forecasted in several areas
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Daily Mirror and Rupavahini News report that a low-level atmospheric disturbance near Sri Lanka is expected to bring heavy rain to several provinces. Daily Mirror says rainfall could reach 100 mm, while Rupavahini reports amounts exceeding that level in some provinces.
Newswire, Rupavahini News and Ada Derana report forecasts of more than 75 mm in some areas. Hiru News’s Sinhala headline says the Meteorology Department issued a warning for six provinces, but the reports provided do not identify them.
Daily Mirror and Lankadeepa say rain was expected to increase from the evening of the 20th. Lankadeepa attributes the forecast to the Meteorology Department’s director general and also refers to El Niño; Daily Mirror instead cites the low-level disturbance. Other headlines from Ada Derana, Hiru News and Hiru News’s Tamil service describe heavier rain expected today or from this evening.
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- Hiru News (සිංහල) · ප්රදේශ රැසකට තද වැසි
- Hiru News · Heavy showers for several areas
- Hiru News · Heavy showers exceeding 100mm expected in several areas
- Ada Derana · Showers exceeding 75mm expected in several districts today
- Ada Derana (සිංහල) · ප්රදේශ කිහිපයකට මි.මී. 75 ඉක්මවූ තද වැසි