The Department of Meteorology has issued a red alert for the land and the deep and shallow sea areas around Sri Lanka.
According to the Department of Meteorology, the advisory issued at 4:00pm today (Nov. 25) is valid for a 24-hour period.
The low pressure area over the southwest Bay of Bengal intensified into a depression over the central-southwest Bay of Bengal by today morning.
Meanwhile, the landslide warnings issued for six districts including Badulla, Galle, Matara, Kegalle, Nuwara Eliya, and Ratnapura remain in effect.
