Will Pita Kotte flood in the next hour?

Pita Kotte flood risk right now: Alert. This is an estimate based on the Nagalagam Street gauge on the Kelani Ganga (8.4 km away), which read 3.8 ft as of Tue, 27 Oct, 1:04 am (Sri Lanka time). In the next hour the Kelani Ganga at Nagalagam Street could rise to about 4.0 ft (3.9–4.3 ft). It will likely reach the alert level. 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 Pita Kotte worked out?

From the nearest river gauge ({gauge}, 8.4 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 Pita Kotte flooding?

Pita Kotte, Colombo

Pita Kotte flood risk right now: Alert. This is an estimate based on the Nagalagam Street gauge on the Kelani Ganga (8.4 km away), which read 3.8 ft as of Tue, 27 Oct, 1:04 am (Sri Lanka time).

Reading at 1:04 am · 47 min ago

Alert

3.8 ft

Next hour

Rising with the tide, about the same once the tide is allowed for

Next 24 hours

River could reach alert level in about 1 h

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Experimental estimate. There is no river gauge in Pita Kotte; this uses Nagalagam Street, 8.4 km away, plus rain at the town and official warnings.

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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 Kelani Ganga
Kelani Ganga at Nagalagam Street is 3.8 ft, rising (near alert level)
Nagalagam Street may reach alert level in about 1 hours
55 mm of rain in the last 24 hours
Water in Pita Kotte drains through canals into the river. When the river is high, rain can stay on the lowest ground near them.

Your river

Nagalagam Street

Kelani Ganga · 8.4 km away

Normal3.8 ft1:04 am

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Based on: Nagalagam Street gauge on the Kelani Ganga, 8.4 km away

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Rain in Pita Kotte

Moderate rain in the last 24 hours (55 mm). Moderate rain expected early this morning, about 20 mm in the next 24 hours.

mm per hour

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Rain map

It is around high tide now. Canals drain slowest for the next hour or so. Next high tide around 3:03 pm.

Sea level at the Kelani mouth is rising (reading 1:15 am). Canal levels: CUrW / SLLDC (pub.curwsl.org)

How water drains here

Water here drains into Parliament Lake (the Diyawanna Oya). From the lake it goes north through the Kolonnawa canal to the Kelani, and south through the Kotte canals to the sea at Wellawatta and Dehiwala. Heavy rain plus high tide or a high Kelani slows draining.

Colombo canals explained

Canal levels now · Parliament Lake and Kotte canals

Diyasaru Uyana Gate USNormal for this canal
3.3 ft above sea level
Reading 1:15 am
Diyatha BridgeNormal for this canal

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River map

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Reservoirs upstream

Official flood map

In the Irrigation Department's maps of past floods (Kelani Ganga 2016 major flood, 1989 critical flood), these Grama Niladhari divisions around Pita Kotte were partly or fully under water:

Pitakotte1989
Mirihana North1989
Pitakotte East1989
Ethulkotte2016, 1989
Pragathipura1989
Rajamalwatta2016, 1989
Battaramulla South1989

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 Pita Kotte flooding now?: Pita Kotte flood risk right now: Alert. This is an estimate based on the Nagalagam Street gauge on the Kelani Ganga (8.4 km away), which read 3.8 ft as of Tue, 27 Oct, 1:04 am (Sri Lanka time).
Will Pita Kotte flood in the next hour?: Pita Kotte flood risk right now: Alert. This is an estimate based on the Nagalagam Street gauge on the Kelani Ganga (8.4 km away), which read 3.8 ft as of Tue, 27 Oct, 1:04 am (Sri Lanka time). In the next hour the Kelani Ganga at Nagalagam Street could rise to about 4.0 ft (3.9–4.3 ft). It will likely reach the alert level. 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 Pita Kotte worked out?: From the nearest river gauge ({gauge}, 8.4 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.

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