COLOMBO (News 1st): Cyclonic storm Burevi is located 110 km east-southeast of Trincomalee, the Natural Hazards Early Warning Centre at the Department of Meteorology in its latest weather advisory issued at 5:00 pm on Wednesday (Dec. 02) said. The Department of Meteorology predicts that cyclonic storm Burevi will make landfall in Sri Lanka’s East Coast between 7 PM and 10 PM today (Dec. 02). The system is very likely to move west-northwestwards and cross north-eastern coast of Sri Lanka between Trincomalee and Point-Pedro, close to Mullaithivu tonight (Dec. 02). According to the weather advisory, other provinces may experience gusty winds of about 60-70 kmph. Heavy rainfall of over 100 mm are predicted over the other provinces with 50 mm of rainfall in the Southern province.

Source: The Nation December 02, 2020 14:03 UTC