How is the flood risk for Medawachchiya worked out?

From the nearest river gauge ({gauge}, 24 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 Medawachchiya flooding?

Medawachchiya, Anuradhapura

Medawachchiya flood risk right now: No estimate right now. This is an estimate based on the Thanthirimale gauge on the Malwathu Oya (24 km away), which read 8.2 ft as of Mon, 26 Oct, 6:02 pm (Sri Lanka time).

Reading at 6:02 pm · 10 h ago

No estimate right now

We cannot estimate Medawachchiya right now: the nearest river gauge has no usable reading.

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

The nearest river gauge, Thanthirimale, has no recent reading
46 mm of rain in the last 24 hours

Your river

Thanthirimale

Malwathu Oya · 24 km away

Not reporting8.2 ft6:02 pm

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Based on: Thanthirimale gauge on the Malwathu Oya, 24 km away

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Rain in Medawachchiya

Heavy rain in the last 24 hours (46 mm). Little or no rain expected in the next 24 hours.

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Rain map

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Reservoirs upstream

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Official flood map

None of the Grama Niladhari divisions around Medawachchiya is in the Irrigation Department's maps of past floods on the Malwathu Oya (2011). 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 Medawachchiya flooding now?: Medawachchiya flood risk right now: No estimate right now. This is an estimate based on the Thanthirimale gauge on the Malwathu Oya (24 km away), which read 8.2 ft as of Mon, 26 Oct, 6:02 pm (Sri Lanka time).
How is the flood risk for Medawachchiya worked out?: From the nearest river gauge ({gauge}, 24 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.

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