The Department of Meteorology has issued an advisory for severe lightning in the Western, Sabaragamuwa, Central, Uva, North-western, Northcentral, Eastern and Southern provinces and the Mannar, Vavuniya districts today (12).
Per the advisory, effective until 01.00 am tomorrow (13), red alerts have been issued for 22 districts and amber alerts for 03 districts.
The Met Department warns that thundershowers accompanied with severe lightning are likely to occur at several places in the districts, while there may be temporary localized strong winds during thundershowers.
The public is requested to take adequate precautions to minimize damages caused by lightning activity. (Newswire)
