A small Lorry travelled under a severe fog had veered off the road and toppled over to a precipice over 1000 feet deep at Blackwood area between haputale-Beragala area on Colombo-Badulla main road yestwrdat (22) according to the Haputale Police..
A lorry transported cement blocks from Haputale to Balangoda had met with this accident according to reports.The lorry was veered off the road when attempting to allow another vehicle to pass over the Police have stated
Due to the heavy showers pevailing in The department of Irrigation has issued flood warnings for the residents living near Attanagalu Oya ,Kalu,Kelani,Gin and Benthara Rivers and Ma Oya(River) .
Meanwhile authorities have advised
The Department Of Meteorology has issued an advisory to the Naval and fishing communities requesting them to avoid going to sea areas until further notice due to the strong winds accomopanied by heavy showers prevailing in these days.
Strong winds along with heavy showers are being experienced over the sea areas around South western sea of Bay of Bengal and South Eastern Arabian sea areas according to the Met Department.As a result Heavy showers of more than 150.mili meters will be experienced in Western and North Western provinces the Department has stated
All the schools in Puttalam District are being closed today (20)due to the adverse weathee conditions prevailing in the district at present the Governor of the North Western Province has announced.
This decision has been taken as all the schools in the Puttalam District are being fully submerged as a result of the heavy showers experienced by the district since last Saturday night(18).
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