Sri Lanka: Don’t venture in to sea; warning to fishermen

The Department of Meteorology announced that the low level disturbance located in the Southwest Bay of Bengal has developed in to a low pressure area and lay centered over the Central parts of Southwest Bay of Bengal. It’s likely to move east-northeast wards towards Andaman Sea during next 24hours and further developed.

Further, it said that there can be very heavy showers or thundershowers, strong winds (40-50) kmph gusting up to 60kmph associated with very rough seas over the aforementioned sea areas.

Actions Required :

• Naval and fishing communities are advised not to venture into the Central parts of southwest Bay of Bengal sea area bounded by 03S-05N and 81E-93E until further notice.
• Fishing and naval community are requested to be attentive to future forecasts issued in this regard.