"This is an unprecedented weather event that is having major impacts across much of the North Island," Minister for Emergency Management, Kieran McAnulty said.
Delegation of the European Union in Sri Lanka, in a tweet, noted that imposing a state of emergency will not help solve the problems of the country.
Sri Lanka is battling a severe economic crisis with food and fuel scarcity affecting a large number of the people in the island nation.
A dreadful situation calls for drastic action, and so it has been in two very different parts of the world. Tokyo reported more than 2,000 new coronavirus cases on Thursday, about 1.5 times higher than the previous day.
Environment Canada issued a special weather statement predicting up to 35 millimetres (1.3 inches) of rain by Saturday morning.
Egypt's Parliament approved on Tuesday a three-month state of emergency, two days after church bombings killed at least 45 people.…
