Sabaragamuwa: At least six people have died due to adverse weather conditions currently affecting Sabaragamuwa Province and Kandy and Nuwara Eliya districts in central Sri Lanka, local police said Tuesday, reported Xinhua.

According to Nam News Network, in one landslide incident triggered by heavy rainfall in Hatton, Central Province, four individuals died after a mound of earth collapsed onto a house. Earlier, Nuwara Eliya District Secretary Thushari Tennakoon said that a total of 2,331 individuals from 581 families in the district have been affected by the prevailing adverse weather conditions.

Meanwhile, 1,734 people have been relocated to seven safety centres established in the district. Several areas in central Sri Lanka are currently experiencing heavy rainfall, causing risks of floods and landslides. The country’s National Building Research Organisation has previously issued level-3 landslide warnings to parts of Kandy and Nuwara Eliya districts.