The Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) will be experiencing wet and cold weather until the beginning of next week, the Meteorology Department has announced

The service urged the public to be careful as isolated heavy thunderstorms are expected to affect inland, mountainous as well as coastal areas all over of the island.

Sleet is also expected on the mountains.

The met office said temperatures will rise to 13C inland, around 16C on the south and east coasts.

Winds will be north to westerly strong at times.

Meanwhile, the highest rainfall recorded yesterday was at Akdeniz and Kalkanlı followed by Selvilitepe, Yeşilırmak, Çamlıbel, Kozanköy and Bellapais.