{"id":3621,"date":"2025-04-02T08:55:51","date_gmt":"2025-04-02T03:25:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\/?p=3621"},"modified":"2025-04-02T08:55:51","modified_gmt":"2025-04-02T03:25:51","slug":"heavy-showers-above-100-mm-expected-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\/?p=3621","title":{"rendered":"Heavy showers above 100 mm expected today"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Showers or thundershowers will occur at times in Southern and Eastern provinces.<\/p>\n<p>The Department of Meteorology says that showers or thundershowers will occur at several places elsewhere of the island during the afternoon or night today (02).<\/p>\n<p>Heavy showers above 100 mm are likely at some places in Central, North-western and North-central provinces and in Mannar and Vavuniya districts, the Met. 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