Sri Lanka, Jan. 8 -- The low-pressure area located over the Bay of Bengal to the southeast of Sri Lanka is highly likely to intensify into a deep depression within the next 12 hours, the Disaster Management Centre (DMC) has stated.

Maj Gen Sampath Kotuwegoda (Retd), the Director General of the DMC said that the system is expected to move closer to the eastern coast within the next 24 hours.

He added that if such a situation develops, heavy rainfall may occur in the Northern, North Central, Eastern, Sabaragamuwa, Western, Southern, Uva, North Western and Central provinces.

Accordingly, the Department of Meteorology has predicted rainfall between 75 mm and 100 mm for several areas in the Mullaitivu, Jaffna, Vavuniya, Mannar, and Kilinoch...