The Defence Attaché at the Embassy of United States of America in Sri Lanka, Lieutenant Colonel Travis R Cox made his maiden call on the Commander of the Air Force, Air Marshal Sudarshana Pathirana at Air Force Headquarters (24 November 2020).

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The low pressure area over Bay of Bengal has developed to a depression and lay centered near (9.3N,84.5E) to the east of Trincomalee coast about 370 km. It is expected to intensify further into a cyclonic storm during next 24 hours. It is likely to move closer to Northern coast of Srilanka towards Tamil-Nadu coast of India, during next 48 hours.