Showers expected in several areas

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) – Showers or thundershowers will occur at times in Western, Sabaragamuwa, Central and North-Western provinces and in Galle and Matara districts.

Fairly heavy showers about 50 mm can be expected at some places in Sabaragamuwa province and in Kandy, Nuwara-Eliya, Kaluthara, Galle and Matara districts.

Showers or thundershowers may occur at a few places in Uva and Eastern provinces in the evening or night.

The public is kindly requested to take adequate precautions to minimize damages caused by temporary localized strong winds and lightning during thundershowers.

Wind speed can be increased up to (40-50) kmph at times over the island particularly in the western slope of central hills, Northern, North-Central, North-Western, Southern and Western provinces.