How is the flood risk for Talawakele worked out?

From the nearest river gauge ({gauge}, 5.9 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 Talawakele flooding?

Talawakele, Nuwara Eliya

Talawakele flood risk right now: Normal. This is an estimate from rain and official warnings, because no river gauge is close enough to use.

Flood estimate

Normal

Irrigation Department has issued a flood warning for Mahaweli Ganga

Next 24 hours

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Experimental estimate. There is no river gauge in Talawakele.

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

Your river

Calidonia

Mahaweli Ganga · 5.9 km away

Not reportingNo recent reading

Is this right?

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Based on: Calidonia gauge on the Mahaweli Ganga, 5.9 km away

Set your street's flood level

At what Calidonia reading does water reach your street? Saved on this device only, never sent anywhere.

Rain in Talawakele

Moderate rain in the last 24 hours (55 mm). Light rain expected early this morning, about 15 mm in the next 24 hours.

mm per hour

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Rain map

Did the streets near you get water today?

Your answer helps us check our warnings. It is anonymous: we save only the town and your answer. Nobody sees single answers; we show only totals of 3 or more.

When? (optional)

Official flood map

None of the Grama Niladhari divisions around Talawakele 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 Talawakele flooding now?: Talawakele flood risk right now: Normal. This is an estimate from rain and official warnings, because no river gauge is close enough to use.
How is the flood risk for Talawakele worked out?: From the nearest river gauge ({gauge}, 5.9 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 Talawakele flooding?

Normal

Why

Your river

Is this right?

Set your street's flood level

Rain in Talawakele

Did the streets near you get water today?

River map

Official flood map

Common questions

Common questions

River map