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Rough weather leaves trail of destruction
Houses damaged by the heavy winds in the Kandy district
Incessant heavy rains and gale force winds in the past few days have damaged homes and personal property in several districts — and further rough weather is forecast.
In Kegalle District, 316 people belonging to 75 families have been affected, assistant director of the District Disaster Management Centre, Mr. H. M. A. C. Bandara, said.
According to the Disaster Management Centre (DMC) situation report issued on April 23 , people in four divisional areas Yatiyantota, Mawanella, Ruwanwella and Warakapola are badly affected.
Some houses in Kelaniweli Plantations in Yatiyantota have suffered damaged from uprooted rubber trees.
Several houses have suffered damage from heavy winds in the Vavuniya District, reports say.
In Thandikulam, a tree has crashed on to a shop and a truck nearby was also been damaged.
In addition, several temporary houses in Sundarapuram, Thandikulam, and Ichchapuram have ben damaged.
The heavy rains ended the severe drought that had lasted in Vavuniya for months.
Vavuniya District Secretariat’s Saman Bandulasena, said that Rs 481,000 had been paid as compensation for people affected last week. Fifty five houses were partially damaged while Pompemadu was the most affected area in the district.
In Heeressagala, Kandy, too, about 50 houses were damaged due to heavy winds and rains.
Rough weather with winds of up to 80 kilometres per hour have been forecast in the coastal areas and in the deep seas. Naval personnel and fishing communities have been asked to be vigilant.
The Meteorology Department said showers or thunderstorms could occur at several places in Western, Sabaragamuwa, Central, North-western, Southern, Uva and North-central provinces and in Mannar and Vavuniya districts after 2 p.m.
Downpours of about 100 mm are likely in some places in Western, Sabaragamuwa, Central and North-western provinces and in Galle and Matara districts.
