WEATHER ALERT; Heavy showers tonight (9)

COLOMBO (News 1st); The Department of Meteorology announced that showers or thundershowers will occur at times in Western, Sabaragamuwa, and Central provinces and in Galle and Matara districts.

Fairly heavy showers above 75 mm may occur at some places in these areas.

Showers or thundershowers may occur at a few places in Uva and Eastern provinces during the evening or night.

Winds speed can increase up to (40-50) kmph at times over the island, particularly in Western slope of the Central hills, Northern, North-central, and North-western provinces, and in Hambantota and Trincomalee districts.

The general public is kindly requested to take adequate precautions to minimize damages caused by temporary localized strong winds and lightning during thundershowers.