Heavy rains expected today (7) in many areas

COLOMBO (News 1st); The Department of Meteorology announced that showers or thundershowers will occur at several places over most parts of the island during the evening or night.

Heavy showers above 100mm can be expected at some places in Central, Sabaragamuwa, Southern, Uva, and North-central provinces, and in Ampara, and Kurunegala districts.

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

On the apparent northward relative motion of the sun, it is going to be directly over the latitudes of Sri Lanka from 05th to 15th of April this year.

The nearest areas of Sri Lanka over which the sun is overhead on Thursday (7) are Mount Lavinia, Boralesgamuwa, Kottawa, Bope, Maskeliya, Gurutalawa, and Wedikumbura at about 12:13 afternoon.