Sri Lanka, Dec. 22 -- Level 3 'Red' landslide warnings issued for seven Divisional Secretariat divisions in the Kandy and Nuwara Eliya districts have been extended by the National Building Research Organisation (NBRO).

Accordingly, level 3 landslide warnings will remain in place for residents of the Udadumbara, Medadumbara and Minipe Divisional Secretariat areas in the Kandy District, as well as for residents of the Nildandhahinna, Mathurata, Hanguranketha and Walapane Divisional Secretariat areas in the Nuwara Eliya District.

Senior Scientist Hasali Hemasinghe of the NBRO stated that landslide warnings have also been issued to residents of several Divisional Secretariat areas in the Badulla, Kurunegala and Matale districts.

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