Sri Lanka Navy yesterday (18th August 2024) deployed a flood relief team in the Paragoda area of Kalutara district, following heavy rains due to inclement weather.
Showers or thundershowers will occur at times in Western, Sabaragamuwa, Southern and North-western provinces and in Kandy and Nuwara-Eliya districts. Fairly heavy showers above 75 mm are likely at some places in Western and Sabaragamuwa provinces and in Galle and Matara districts.
The 08th Global Botanic Gardens Congress was held at the Suntec Convention Center in Singapore from 06 to 08 August under the theme “Botanical Gardens People and Humanity for a Sustainable Future”.