{"id":515,"date":"2026-04-29T02:20:04","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T02:20:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/?p=515"},"modified":"2026-04-29T02:20:04","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T02:20:04","slug":"showers-expected-across-most-parts-of-the-country","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/2026\/04\/29\/showers-expected-across-most-parts-of-the-country\/","title":{"rendered":"Showers Expected Across Most Parts of the Country"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Department of Meteorology Sri Lanka has announced that showers or thundershowers are likely to occur in most parts of the country after 1:00 PM.<\/p>\n<p>According to the department\u2019s statement issued on April 26, 2026, some areas in the Southern Province may also experience morning showers.<\/p>\n<p>Heavy rainfall exceeding 50 mm is expected at some locations in the Northern, North Central, Central, and Sabaragamuwa provinces, as well as in the Kurunegala and Trincomalee districts.<\/p>\n<p>Misty conditions are likely during the early morning in parts of the Central, Sabaragamuwa, North Central, and Uva provinces, along with some areas in the Kurunegala District.<\/p>\n<p>The public is advised to take necessary precautions to minimize risks from temporary strong winds and lightning during thundershowers.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, showers or thundershowers are also expected at times in the sea areas extending from Kankesanthurai to Puttalam, Colombo, Galle, and Hambantota, and up to Pottuvil.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Department of Meteorology Sri Lanka has announced that showers or thundershowers are likely to occur in most parts of the country after 1:00 PM. According to the department\u2019s statement issued on April 26, 2026, some areas in the Southern Province may also experience morning showers. Heavy rainfall exceeding 50 mm is expected at some &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":516,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-515","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/515","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=515"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/515\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":517,"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/515\/revisions\/517"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/516"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=515"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=515"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=515"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}