CYCLONIC STORM ‘GAJA’ TO ENHANCE SHOWERY CONDITIONS

Showery and windy conditions will enhance over the Northern and North-central provinces and in the Puttalam and Trincomalee Districts due to the severe cyclonic storm ‘GAJA,’ the Meteorology Department said. It said GAJA, over the Central Bay of Bengal, was now located approximately 325km away from Kankesanturai to the Northeast of Sri Lanka.

“High winds of 80-90kmph, gusting up to 100kmph, can be expected over the Jaffna peninsula. Also, very strong winds of 60-70kmph, gusting up to 80kmph, can be expected over Mannar, Puttalam, Trincomalee, Anuradhapura, Polonnaruwa, Kilinochchi, Mullaitivu and Vavuniya Districts. Showers and thundershowers at times with very heavy falls of above 150mm can be expected in the Jaffna peninsula and heavy falls of above 100mm in other areas in the Northern Province today. Heavy showers or thundershowers and winds of 80-90kmph, gusting up to 110kmph, are expected over the coast extending from Mullaitivu to Mannar via Kankesanturai,” it said. While people are advised to take precautionary measures, fishermen are cautioned not to venture into the sea areas off the coast extending from Potuvil to Mannar via Trincomalee and Kankesanturai.

It said GAJA, over the Central Bay of Bengal, was now located approximately 325km away from Kankesanturai to the Northeast of Sri Lanka