Landslide warning issued for several districts extended

Sri Lanka’s National Building Research Organisation (NBRO), also referred to in reports as the National Building Research Institute (NBRI), has issued and updated landslide early warnings in response to heavy rain. Reports describe alerts for multiple areas and say existing warnings were extended.

Sri Lanka Mirror reports that the warnings apply to seven districts and remain in force for 24 hours, from 4 p.m. on the 12th until 4 p.m. on the 13th. The reports provided do not identify all seven districts.

Newswire separately reports a Level 2 Amber warning for Kolonna Divisional Secretariat, and says updated warnings were issued for several areas in Kegalle district. The available reports do not provide further details about the alert levels or the areas covered.

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