Sri Lanka, April 1 -- "Radiation coming from the sun and the radiation that is being emitted from the Indian Ocean and from the surface of the land had made the country warmer these days," Department of Meteorology Director Merril Mendis told Daily Mirror.

"The other reason is the lack of wind flow. The warm air does not move away from the island when there is no wind flow. All these reasons have contributed to the warm weather," he said. He said the warm conditions are not unusual and that there is no truth in the notion that the weather is unusually warm this year compared to the past few years.

Mr. Mendis said the first week of April will be warmer as the sun will come directly over Sri Lanka. "The Southwest monsoon will become activ...