COLOMBO (Sri Lanka): Floods and landslides triggered by heavy rains killed at least 31 people across Sri Lanka this week with 14 others missing, authorities said yesterday.
Most of the deaths occurred in the central teagrowing district of Badulla, where 16 people were buried alive when mountain slopes crashed onto their homes overnight, the Disaster Management Centre (DMC) said in a statement.
Another four were killed in a similar manner in the adjoining Nuwara Eliya district. The remaining fatalities were reported elsewhere.
Nearly 400 homes were damaged in mudslides, with over 1,100 families moved to temporary shelters. – AFP
