Severe lightning warning issued for several areas

Sri Lanka’s Department of Meteorology issued a severe-lightning advisory for all provinces, according to reports by Daily Mirror, Ada Derana and Newswire. The advisory was described as applying that day; the available reports do not give its precise effective hours.

For Oct. 12, the forecast called for showers or thunderstorms in most parts of the island after 1 p.m. The Daily News and Sri Lanka Mirror reports also said rain was possible during the morning in parts of Ampara, Batticaloa and Mullaitivu.

Rainfall reports provided different levels of detail. Daily News highlighted the prospect of more than 75 mm in several areas, while Newswire later reported a forecast of over 100 mm in parts of the country. Other Ada Derana headlines said 100–150 mm could fall in some locations across six provinces; the Sinhala-language Hiru News headline specified parts of the Western, Sabaragamuwa, Southern, Central and North Western provinces for rain above 100 mm.

The reports attribute the weather information to the Department of Meteorology. They do not provide further details on the advisory’s duration or any subsequent update.