{
  "id": 11833398,
  "title": "Landslide Early Warnings issued to the Districts of Kandy, Kegalle, Matale and Ratnapura",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/04/landslide-early-warnings-issued-to-the-districts-of-kandy-kegalle",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-04T02:24:25.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Island Sri Lanka",
    "slug": "the-island-sri-lanka",
    "url": "http://island.lk/landslide-early-warnings-issued-to-the-districts-of-kandy-kegalle-matale-and-ratnapura/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The National Building Research Institute (NBRI) has issued landslide early warnings to the Districts of Kandy, Kegalle, Matale, and Ratnapura in Sri Lanka. The warnings, valid from 2200 hrs on 03rd October to 2200 hrs on 04th October 2026, have been categorized into two levels. LEVEL II (AMBER) warnings have been issued to the Divisional Secretaries Divisions and surrounding areas of Udu Dumbara and Minipe in Kandy, Dehiowita in Kegalle, and Ambanganga Korale and Matale in Matale. LEVEL I (YELLOW) warnings have been issued to the Divisional Secretaries Divisions and surrounding areas of Rambukkana in Kegalle, Rattota in Matale, and Eheliyagoda in Ratnapura.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}