Several rivers rise as heavy rains trigger minor flooding and landslides

Daily Mirror reports that the National Building Research Organisation warned that landslides could occur in areas made unstable after Cyclone Ditwah, and that the risk may continue over the coming days.

Newswire reports that the National Building Research Institute issued Amber landslide alerts for selected divisional secretariat areas in Kegalle, Nuwara Eliya and Ratnapura districts. In a separate report, Newswire describes Amber as Level 2 and says alerts covered selected areas in six districts.

Ada Derana reports that landslide warnings were extended across several areas in seven districts, and separately reports warnings covering areas in nine districts. Ada Derana’s Sinhala-language reports also refer to warnings for multiple districts, including Badulla, Galle and Kandy.

Ada Derana reports that the institute urged the public to stay vigilant amid heavy rainfall, citing the risk of landslides, flash floods and other natural disasters. The reports provide no further details about the warning period or subsequent measures.