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"There can be very heavy showers or thundershowers, strong winds gusting up to 60 kilometres per hour."
Meanwhile, an Australian law firm named Spark Helmore is advising the government on environmental damage claims.
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Windy and showery conditions in the southwestern parts of the island are expected to worsen to some extent, the Departme...
Two spill gates of Laxapana reservoir have been opened due to heavy rains received over the past few days, the Disaster ...
SriLankan Airlines has suspended all flight operations to Kochi (also known as Cochin) in Kerala, India, today (09) unti...
The strong winds that were prevalent over the past few days are expected to die down from tomorrow (10), the Department ...
ECONOMYNEXT- Sri Lanka will spend 2 billion rupees on a radar to evaluate cloud formation for the artificial rain projec...
Eight homes were damaged by strong winds in Vavuniya yesterday (07), the Vavuniya Disaster Management Centre (DMC) said.
Experts Friday began negotiating the most comprehensive scientific assessment ever of the role the land we live off play...
The seas extending from Puttalam to Mullaitivu via Kankasanturai will be rough at times today, the Department of Meteoro...
The high winds that hit many parts of the island last week are expected to be milder from Wednesday, the Department of M...
One of Sri Lanka's most pristine marine environments, the Bonavista Coral reef, is in danger of being hit by an oil spil...
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The Disaster Management Centre has urged the people living in low lying areas on both sides of the Kalu Ganga and its' t...
Showers and winds are likely to increase in the Southwest of the country till the 19th of July 2019, the Department of M...
ECONOMYNEXT – Since 2005, there have been more disasters in Sri Lanka than meetings of the National Council for D...
ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka's South West monsoon has been suppressed so far in 2019 amid a mild El Niño effect related to...
Atmospheric conditions are favourable for showers or thundershowers in many parts of the island, the Department of Meteo...
Companies that were set up to recycle plastic in Sri Lanka now facing shortages of waste to run their factories to capac...
Sri Lanka is being invaded by plastics, while forest cover is disappearing, requiring action to improve the environment,...
Sri Lanka will experience extreme weather events in the future and lead to more floods and droughts, a Meteorological De...
Cabinet has greenlit an investment of Rs. 800 million to clean up the Beira Lake.
Showers will occur at times in Sabaragamuwa province, Galle and Kalutara districts, the Department of Meteorology said t...
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