Sri Lanka: Heavy rains expected due to atmospheric disturbance in Bay of Bengal

COLOMBO (News 1st); Multiple areas across Sri Lanka will experience a heavy rainfall on Tuesday (28) evening, warned the country's Met Department.

It said that the showery weather condition is expected to enhance over the island for the next few days starting from Wednesday (29), due to an atmospheric disturbance over Southeast Bay of Bengal Sea area.

Showers or thundershowers will occur at times in Northern, Eastern, Southern, North-central and Uva provinces.

Heavy showers about 100 mm are likely at some places in Eastern, Central, Uva and Sabaragamuwa provinces and in Galle and Matara districts.