Thundershowers accompanied by severe lightning are likely to occur at several places in Western and Sabaragamuwa provinces and Galle and Matara districts during the evening or night.In the meantime, many areas in Kilinochchi including Dharmapuram, Ananandapuram, Sivapuram and Pannankandy have been inundated as the Iranamadu Reservoir has started to spill over, the District Disaster Management Centre in Kilinochchi stated.

All the spill gates of the Iramadu Reservoir have been opened owing to the situation, the DMC officers said.Army personnel, under the instructions of Major General Vijitha Ravipriya, Commander of the Security Forces in Kilinochchi, are engaged in providing reliefs to the affected persons.