Weather advisory for heavy rains issued to 12 districts

The Department of Meteorology has issued a weather advisory for heavy rains in the Western, Sabaragamuwa, Central and North-western provinces and Galle and Matara districts.

Accordingly, thundershowers accompanied by severe lightning are likely to occur at several places in the Western, Sabaragamuwa, Central and Northwestern provinces and in Anuradhapura, Galle and Matara districts during the evening or night.

There may be temporary localized strong winds during thundershowers and the public is kindly requested to take adequate precautions to minimize damages caused by lightning activity.

The weather advisory is effective for the next 12 hours starting from 1.30 pm today.