Over 9,000 individuals in 11 districts have been affected by the prevailing adverse weather conditions in the country.
According to the latest situation report by the Disaster Management Centre, 2,249 families in the Colombo, Gampaha, Kalutara, Ratnapura, Kegalle, Kurunegala, Puttalam, Mullaitivu, Jaffna, Trincomalee and Badulla districts are affected by heavy rains and gusty winds.
The DMC said over 2,000 families have been affected by floods in the Gampaha district while members of 71 families have been relocated to temporary shelters.
According to the DMC report, three houses have been destroyed and 82 houses have been damaged due to bad weather in the past few days.
Meanwhile, the Department of Meteorology predicts showers or thundershowers at times in the Western, Sabaragamuwa, North-Western and Southern provinces and in the Kandy and Nuwara-Eliya districts today.
The Met Department said showers or thundershowers can also be expected in several places in the Northern, Eastern and Uva provinces during the afternoon or night.
