Current rain likely to end this week

The current storms in several parts of the country might last until the end of this week. The meteorological department had predicted the southern half of the country would get another heavy downpour yesterday but the rains will progressively diminish and dry spells may resume next week. “The forecast indicates rainfall over several places confined to the southern half of the country and a relatively dry northern half,” said the five-day report. Separately, assistant director of Meteorological services Ayub Shaka said the heavy rains have been triggered by a tropical storm from the Indian...