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Weather Alerts

December 07, 2020

The Disaster Management Centre (DMC) has initiated all the necessary steps to mitigate the risk of cyclonic storm ‘BUREVI’ while coordinating all the stakeholder institutions under the directives of the Defence Secretary Maj. Gen. (Retd) Kamal Gunaratne, Last week.

Tri-Services, Police, and the DMC along with respective state-run authorities initiated all the measures to assist people in Northern and North Central provinces affected by the cyclone entered the country on 02 Dec.

Meteorology Department in its weather report on Dec 6 stated that the low-pressure area in the Gulf of Mannar sea area weakened further. Hence, the influence of this system to the island has been gradually reduced.