SriLanka, Nov. 15 -- The Department of Meteorology has issued a red warning advising naval and fishing communities to avoid venturing into deep-sea areas due to an approaching weather system in the Bay of Bengal, east of Sri Lanka.

The warning covers deep-sea areas bounded by 05 degree N-15 degree N and 80 degree E-90 degree E, as well as coastal waters extending from Kankesanthurai to Hambantota via Trincomalee and Pottuvil.

According to the Department of Meteorology, as of 5.30 a.m. today (November 15), the weather system was located approximately 600 kilometres northeast of Trincomalee.

The system is expected to move northwestwards while remaining well away from Sri Lanka's eastern coast. It is likely to intensify into a Deep Depres...