📊 Peak Kelani River Flood Levels Over the Last 40 Years

📊 Peak Kelani River Flood Levels Over the Last 40 Years

Hanwella → Nagalagam St(Colombo) in major floods:

▫️1989: 11.56m → 2.80m
▫️1992: 8.27m → 1.54m
▫️1999: 9.39m → 2.01m
▫️2005: 9.07m → 1.72m
▫️2008 (Apr): 9.91m → 1.75m
▫️2008 (Jun): 9.51m → 1.80m
▫️2016: ~10.00m → 2.33m

⭕️ 2025 (4pm, 29 Nov): 10.83m 🔺 → 1.95m (Current peak)

⭕️ Roof-high water levels have been reported in areas that never flooded before (Avissawella & Seethawaka), not even during the 1989 flood.

⭕️ If you're even marginally at risk — evacuate or take immediate precautions.

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