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Landslide alert in Kandy district
View(s):A warning on landslides and the possibility of falling rocks has been issued in several places within the Kandy district, following torrential rains over the past few days, a senior official of the Disaster Management Centre (DMC) said yesterday.
DMC Additional Director Pradeep Kodippilli told the Sunday Times that landslide-vulnerable locations were in Uda Nuwara, Yati Nuwara, Harispattu, Akurana, Palahewahitte and Thumpana.
He added that residents in these areas have been asked to remain on heightened alert, should the wet weather continue today, while officials were closely monitoring the situation.
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