Will Akurana flood in the next hour?

Akurana flood risk right now: Alert. This is an estimate based on the Peradeniya gauge on the Mahaweli Ganga (11 km away), which read 14.4 ft as of Tue, 27 Oct, 2:01 am (Sri Lanka time). In the next hour the Mahaweli Ganga at Peradeniya could fall to about 14.2 ft (13.7–14.7 ft). This is a forecast for the river, not an official warning, and streets can flood before the river reaches a flood mark.

How is the flood risk for Akurana worked out?

From the nearest river gauge ({gauge}, 11 km away), recent and expected rain, the gauge's forecast and any official warning. It is an estimate for the town, not an official warning, and streets can flood before the river reaches a flood mark.

Where does this come from and how often does it update?

River readings come from the Department of Irrigation's gauges, roughly once an hour, and this page checks for new ones every minute. This site is independent and not an official warning service: follow the Disaster Management Centre and call 117 in an emergency.

Is Akurana flooding?

Akurana, Kandy

Akurana flood risk right now: Alert. This is an estimate based on the Peradeniya gauge on the Mahaweli Ganga (11 km away), which read 14.4 ft as of Tue, 27 Oct, 2:01 am (Sri Lanka time).

Reading at 2:01 am · 44 min ago

Alert

14.4 ft

Next hour

River falling

Next 24 hours

Risk stays high

Move valuables up, charge your phone

Experimental estimate. There is no river gauge in Akurana; this uses Peradeniya, 11 km away, plus rain at the town and official warnings.

Call 117 Kandy DMC office

Details

How this estimate works

· Starts from the river gauge's own level and forecast, the same as the gauge page.
· Heavy rain here (50 mm in 6 hours or 100 mm in 24 hours) raises it by one step, never more.
· Your own street level, if you set one, and official warnings can raise it further.
· It never says flooding is happening: only a measurement can show that.

Why

Irrigation Department has issued a flood warning for Mahaweli Ganga
Mahaweli Ganga at Peradeniya is 14.4 ft, falling (near alert level)
78 mm of rain in the last 24 hours

Your river

Peradeniya

Mahaweli Ganga · 11 km away

Normal14.4 ft2:01 am

Is this right?

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Based on: Peradeniya gauge on the Mahaweli Ganga, 11 km away

Set your street's flood level

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Rain in Akurana

Heavy rain in the last 24 hours (78 mm). Light rain expected this afternoon, about 4 mm in the next 24 hours.

mm per hour

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Rain map

Did the streets near you get water today?

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Reservoirs upstream

Kotmale78% full6.6 m below fullSteady. CEB doesn't publish live gate releases. We show storage and the Mahaweli weekly plan. Storage: Mahaweli Authority, 26 Oct. Level +0.07 m since 23 Oct. Full supply level 703 m: Mahaweli operating rules

Official flood map

None of the Grama Niladhari divisions around Akurana is in the Irrigation Department's maps of past floods on the Mahaweli Ganga (2012). Low spots can still flood.

This shows where a past flood reached, not a flood now. A bigger flood can go further.

Flood maps: Irrigation Department of Sri Lanka

Flood help and phone numbers

Common questions

Is Akurana flooding now?: Akurana flood risk right now: Alert. This is an estimate based on the Peradeniya gauge on the Mahaweli Ganga (11 km away), which read 14.4 ft as of Tue, 27 Oct, 2:01 am (Sri Lanka time).
Will Akurana flood in the next hour?: Akurana flood risk right now: Alert. This is an estimate based on the Peradeniya gauge on the Mahaweli Ganga (11 km away), which read 14.4 ft as of Tue, 27 Oct, 2:01 am (Sri Lanka time). In the next hour the Mahaweli Ganga at Peradeniya could fall to about 14.2 ft (13.7–14.7 ft). This is a forecast for the river, not an official warning, and streets can flood before the river reaches a flood mark.
How is the flood risk for Akurana worked out?: From the nearest river gauge ({gauge}, 11 km away), recent and expected rain, the gauge's forecast and any official warning. It is an estimate for the town, not an official warning, and streets can flood before the river reaches a flood mark.
Where does this come from and how often does it update?: River readings come from the Department of Irrigation's gauges, roughly once an hour, and this page checks for new ones every minute. This site is independent and not an official warning service: follow the Disaster Management Centre and call 117 in an emergency.

Mahaweli Ganga · Sources: Department of Irrigation gauges, Open-Meteo rain, Disaster Management Centre warnings.

Is Akurana flooding?

Alert

Why

Your river

Is this right?

Set your street's flood level

Rain in Akurana

Did the streets near you get water today?

River map

Reservoirs upstream

Official flood map

Common questions

River map

Common questions

Reservoirs upstream