| Event: | FL Flood |
| Number: | 2023-000196 |
| Country: | LKA Sri Lanka |
| Location: | Sabaragamuwa, Southern, Western |
| Date (YMD): | 2023-10-6 |
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| Information Source: | Sri Lanka Red Cross Society |
| Comments: | With the intensification of the southwest monsoon, Sri Lanka has experienced heavy rainfall in Western, Sabaragamuwa, and Southern provinces. This unusual expansion of the southwest monsoon in the country began early in October 2023, but severe rainy conditions were encountered in the aforementioned provinces starting on October 6th, 2023, and a red warning was issued to 7 districts on October 7th, 2023. However, the Disaster Management Centre stated on the 9th of October 2023 that a large number of people were displaced owing to floods and landslides in the Gampaha, Matara, and Galle districts. This was the breaking point for SLRCS, which launched a larger response effort and assessed the situation in the three areas mentioned above
The heavy rains, high winds, and floods due to the water levels of the Nilwala Ganga River in Matara, Gin Ganga River in Galle, Kalu, and Attanagalu Ganga Rivers in Gampaha districts have risen to alarming levels and the water overflowing entered the low-lying areas. The coastal districts of Matara and Galle in the Southern province and the Gampaha district in the western province were the worst affected, with most parts flooded for more than a week. the National Building Research Organization (NBRO) issued several ‘Red' (Level 3), ‘Amber' (Level 2), and ‘Yellow' (Level 1) landslide alerts for several areas in the Colombo, Galle, Kalutara, Matara, Rathnapura, Gampaha, Hambantota, Kandy, and Kegalle districts.
On 7th Oct 2023, the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) decided to disconnect the power supply from its grid substation
in Matara as a safety precaution as the water level increased to the top level of the electricity line in some areas in
Matara districts |
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