The deep depression in the Bay of Bengal, to the southeast of Sri Lanka, is located about 160 km East of Pottuvil as at 10:00 am today (09 Jan).
According to the Department of Meteorology, it is very likely to move northwestwards towards the coast of Sri Lanka between Pottuvil and Trincomalee in the evening today.
As such, the Met Department has issued an advisory for strong winds and heavy rains over the next three days until January 11.
The advisory is effective for the Northern, North-Central, Eastern, Sabragamuwa, Western, Southern, Uva, North-Western, and Central Provinces. (Newswire)
