Nawalapitiya sits in Sri Lanka’s central highlands, where elevation and exposure to both monsoon seasons combine to produce some of the island’s heaviest rainfall totals.
In the tea-growing hills near Kandy, the town’s steep terrain makes it prone to landslides during intense monsoon rain. Steep hillside terrain, much of it covered in tea plantations, makes this region particularly prone to landslides during intense rain, and radar tracking of storm cells is an important complement to Sri Lanka’s landslide early-warning systems. Learn more: Flash Flood Warning Signs on Radar · Open the full Rain Map