29 May 2017 01:12 pm
Accordingly, the warning was issued for the districts of Ratnapura, Kegalle, Galle, Kalutara, Matara, Hambantota and Nuwara Eliya.
Issuing the ‘Level 2 Amber alert’, the NBRO instructed people to be alert on the possibility of landslides, rock falls, subsidence and cut slope failure.
It said rainfall is expected to continue within next 24 hours.