Weather warning: Heavy rainfall expected from Nov 26-29 in N&E

Cyclonic developments in Bay of Bengal as of Nov 24 posing unusually heavy rains for most parts of Sri Lanka. Courtesy: Tamil Nadu Weatherman 

Extremely heavy rainfalls coupled with strong winds are expected in most parts of the country including in North and Eastern provinces this week due to  two cyclonic depressions that merged into one in Bay of Bengal today, weather forecasters warned. 

Prof N. Pratheeparajah, Head of Department of Geography at University of Jaffna said that two cyclonic depressions merged together in the Bay of Bengal and it will cause extremely heavy rains with strong winds in the most of the country. 

“This is a rare incident where two cyclonic systems merged and often reported once in every 130 years. As a result, North and Eastern provinces will rexeieve a record level high rainfall ,” he said during a discussion at Northern Governor’s Office today where regional Disaster Management Units were called for an urgent meeting. 

During the meeting, the current condition of five districts were discussed. So far, 297 persons from 86 families affected in Jaffna due to bad weather. Nine houses partially damaged and affected peopled are sheltered in temporary shelters. 

In Mullaithivu, heavy strong winds caused trees collapsed in main streets while in Kilinochchi, the major agrarian tank Iranaimadhu received only one of fourth of water so far. 

Meanwhile, Chennai based popular weather forecaster  R. Pradeep John who issue forecasts under the  banner of “Tamil Nadu Weatherman”  issued a forecast today night (24) saying that it’s certain the circulation near Sri Lanka will strengthen into a Chakkaram (Cyclone), while the one near Indonesia is fading away. 

“The Bay of Bengal rarely has enough energy to sustain two Chakkarams spinning and dancing together, one must give way for the other to survive. And this time, the Sri Lanka system is the one taking over. The battle between the two circulations is over,” 

“Entire Sri Lanka island will experience widespread heavy rainfall from November 26-29. This will be a heavy, prolonged spell of rains so stay alert and stay safe.” the forecast said. (Northeastern Monitor/November 24/2025)