Sri Lanka, May 22 -- According to the Department of Meteorology, the South-West monsoon is gradually establishing over the island.

The current rainy conditions over the south-western parts of the island are expected to continue for the next few hours.

Showers or thundershowers will occur at times in the Western, Sabaragamuwa, and North-Western provinces, as well as in the Galle, Matara, Kandy, and Nuwara Eliya districts.

Very heavy rainfall exceeding 200 mm is likely in some areas of the Western, Sabaragamuwa, and North-Western provinces, the Department of Meteorology said.

Heavy rainfall exceeding 100 mm is also likely in some areas of the Galle, Matara, Kandy, and Nuwara Eliya districts.

Several spells of showers are expected in th...