Nearly 125 ,000 persons lives in 19 Districts have been affected and 12 have died due to the Adverse Weather conditions up to now as a result of Heavy Showers and winds according to the Disaster Management Center(DMC).
Around 43 houses have been completely destroyed and another 3172 Houses have been partially damaged due to the Adverse Weather the Center has stated.
The report issued by the DMC by this morning ,nearly 56,500 persons are being moved to 246 centers temporarily due to the Adverse Weather.
Meanwhile according to the National Building Research Organization (NBRO) five districts namely Kegalle,Ratnapura,Nuwara Eliya,Kalutara and Galle are being issued red notice landslide warnings since last evening (23).The NBRO has also requested the people lives in Badulle,Kurunagala,Gampha and Colombo warnings over possible landslides,collapsing of soil mounds ,rocks and slopes .
b Due to a Soil Erosion occurred in one of it's parts ,The Biyagama -KaduwelaBridge built over the Kelani River is due to be closed from 10 p.m tonight to 5 a.m
tomorrow (25)as a safety measure according to the Rural Development
Authority(RDA). Due to the Soil Erosion transport activities of the Bridge has been restricted to one lane yesterday(23).
The Road Development Authority has began building an alternative bridge near the old Bridge and it is due to be inaugurated at 6 a.m tomorrow morning according to the Authority.
Transport activities of the Kandy -Bambarella road had been disrupted since this morning (24) due to a collapsing of a Soil Mound at Hulugalla area of the road as a result of the heavy showers prevails in the area .
Due to this situation transport activities are being restricted to one lane of the road according to authorities.
Due to the overflowing of Kadupity Oya (River) to the road as a result of the heavy showers prevailing ,authorities in Mahawewa Provincial secretariat had taken steps to direct the overflowing water to the Sea through Thalwila it has been reported.
Due to this situation the overflown water of the Oya has been receding and a traffic congestion occurred in sea route from Wennappuwa to Chilaw .
As the Authorities are continuously delaying the building of a bridge near the Oya the overflowing is occurring every time when there are heavy showers the residents have stated.
