The Meteorological Department today advised the fishing and naval community to refrain from maritime activities in these seas off the coast extending from Mannar to Trincomalee via Jaffna as it will be very rough with very strong winds and intermittent rain.

The cyclonic storm ‘Thane’ over the Bay of Bengal was centered about 350km Northeast of Jaffna at 08.30 am today. This system is moving to the westward direction from its center (towards Indian east coast).

There is a threat of mild storm surge along the Northern and North-western coasts of Sri Lanka.

Intermittent showers accompanied by strong winds may prevail at times in the Jaffna Peninsula and occasional showers with fairly strong winds and at times in the rest of the Northern province, North-western, Eastern and North-central provinces, Department of Meteorology said today.