Sun to be directly overhead Sri Lanka from today (28)

COLOMBO (News 1st); The Department of Meteorology says that the sun will be directly over the latitudes of Sri Lanka during 28th of August to 07th of September in this year.

Accordingly, the nearest towns of Sri Lanka over which the sun is overhead on Sunday (28) are Jaffna and Kodikamam about 12.11 noon.

Meanwhile, showers will occur at times in Western, Sabaragamuwa and North-western provinces and in Kandy, Nuwara-Eliya, Galle and Matara districts.

Showers or thundershowers will occur at several places in Uva, Eastern and Northern provinces during the evening or night.

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