Sri Lanka issues extreme heat alert in coming days

Colombo: Sri Lanka’s Natural Hazards Early Warning Centre has issued an “extreme heat” alert for several districts of the country as temperatures were expected to rise to over 40 degrees in coming days.

The centre said extreme heat would be experienced in the Eastern, North-Western, NorthCentral, Western and Southern provinces as well as several areas in the north. According to the advisory, the temperature felt on the human body is expected to increase up to “Extreme Caution” level.