Puttalam – Mannar road has been blocked from Eluwankulama due to flooding.

Motorists have been advised by the police to use alternative routes.

Meanwhile, the Department of Meteorology notes that due to the active cloudiness to the west and to the south of Sri Lanka, there is a possibility of a sudden increase in wind speed over the sea areas off the coast extending from Jaffna to Hambanthota via Colombo and Galle.

It is therefore observed that there is a possibility of sudden roughness in the above said sea areas. It is predicted  that showers or thundershowers would occur at times in the sea areas around the country.

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