The Disaster Management Center has issued a statement asking people to be careful while driving on the Colombo-Kandy road between Pahala Kadugannawa and Mawanella due to the prevailing bad weather conditions.
The National Building Research Organization (NBRO) has also taken steps to issue landslide warnings for several districts.
In addition, the center says that a “red notice” or level 3 evacuation notice has been issued for the Yatinuwara Divisional Secretariat Division in the Kandy District.
Accordingly, the people living in vulnerable areas in the area should immediately move to safer places, the statement issued by the Disaster Management Center states.
Landslide warnings have also been issued for Badulla, Kandy, Kegalle, Matale, Nuwara Eliya and Ratnapura districts.