{"id":5607,"date":"2025-12-30T06:54:20","date_gmt":"2025-12-30T01:24:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\/?p=5607"},"modified":"2025-12-30T06:54:20","modified_gmt":"2025-12-30T01:24:20","slug":"fairly-heavy-rainfall-expected-in-parts-of-the-island-today-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\/?p=5607","title":{"rendered":"Fairly heavy rainfall expected in parts of the island today"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Showers will occur at times in Northern, Eastern and Uva provinces and in Matale, Nuwara-Eliya and Polonnaruwa districts, today (30), the Department of Meteorology said.<\/p>\n<p>Fairly heavy rainfall above 50 mm are likely at some places in these areas.<\/p>\n<p>Several spells of showers will occur in Kandy and Anuradhapura districts.<\/p>\n<p>Showers or thundershowers may occur at a few places in Sabaragamuwa and Southern provinces and in Kaluthara district after 2.00 p.m, the Met. 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