Met. Dept. cautions of over 100mm rainfall expected in coming hours

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
The Department of Meteorology says showers or thundershowers can be expected at times in the Northern, North-central, Eastern and Uva
province over the next 36 hours from 4:00 p.m
spells of showers will occur in other provinces of the island.Strong winds of about 40-50 kmph can be expected at times over the Northern,
North Central, North Western and Southern provinces and in Trincomalee and Batticaloa districts.The general public is advised to take
adequate precautions to minimize damages caused by temporary localized strong winds and lightning during thundershowers.Meanwhile, the
5:30 a.m
today (Dec.02) and about 321km northeast of Trincomalee.The department says this system is likely to develop into a cyclonic storm by
tomorrow and is expected to move west and northwestward near the North coast of Sri Lanka towards the North Tamil Nadu coast of India by
Monday (Dec.04)
Thereafter, it will move northwards as a cyclonic storm and cross South Andhra Pradesh coasts on Tuesday (Dec.05).