An amber flood warning has been issued by the Irrigation Department for the Gin Ganga Basin, indicating a risk of minor flooding in low-lying areas over the next 24 hours.
Effective from 8PM. today (November 9) until 8PM tomorrow (November 10), the warning covers low-lying areas of the Gin Ganga Valley within the Nagoda, Baddegama and Welivitiya-Divithura Divisional Secretariat Divisions. The alert follows significant heavy rainfall recorded in the river’s catchment areas and the subsequent analysis of water levels at Department gauging stations.
Residents living in these regions and motorists traveling through the area are urged to exercise extreme caution, while disaster management authorities have been requested to take necessary precautionary measures. (Newswire)