The National Building Research Institute (NBRI) has issued updated landslide early warnings for multiple districts effective from 4:00 p.m. on October 12 to 4:00 p.m. on October 13 due to prevailing wet weather conditions.
A Level 2 Amber Alert urging residents to stay alert has been issued for specific areas in the Kegalle District, namely Mawanella, Ruwanwell, and Bulathkohupitiya. Additionally, a Level 1 Yellow Warning advising communities to remain vigilant has been extended to several divisional secretariat divisions across the Badulla, Colombo, Kandy, Kegalle, Matale, Nuwara Eliya, and Ratnapura districts.
The affected zones under the yellow alert cover Ella and Passara in the Badulla District, Padukka in the Colombo District, Hatharaliyadda and Thumpane in the Kandy District and Dehiowita, Kegalle, Rambukkana, Yatiyanthota, Aranayake and Warakapola in the Kegalle District. Furthermore, the warning encompasses Ambanganga Korale, Rattota and Matale in the Matale District, Hanguranketha in the Nuwara Eliya District and Kuruwita, Ayagama, Eheliyagoda, Weligepola, Ratnapura, Kalawana, Imbulpe and Nivithigala in the Ratnapura District.
Disaster management authorities have urged residents and motorists living in or traveling through these vulnerable slopes and mountainous terrains to exercise extreme caution regarding potential earth slips, slope failures and rockfalls. (Newswire)