Sri Lanka, May 15 -- The Department of Irrigation has issued a minor flood warning for the next 48 hours regarding the Kuda Ganga sub-basin of the Kalu River.

The department stated that considerable rainfall has been received in the upstream catchment areas of the Kuda Ganga sub-basin of the Kalu River as of 8.00 a.m. today.

Based on the current rainfall situation and river water levels recorded at hydrological stations along the Kalu Ganga, it is warned that a minor flood situation may occur in low-lying areas of the Kuda Ganga and Maguru Ganga valleys, located in the Bulathsinhala, Madurawala, and Palinda Nuwara Divisional Secretariat divisions, it said.

As a result, there is a high possibility of inundation of roads running through ...