Mudslide In Sri Lanka

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  Sri Lanka Floods: Rescue Efforts On, 164 Dead In Worst Rains In 14 Years

  Rescuers in Sri Lanka today pulled out more bodies buried in the mudslides triggered by the country's worst torrential rains in 14 years, taking the number of deaths to 164. The Disaster Management Centre (DMC) said 104 people are still missing while 88 remain in hospital.

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  200 Families Feared Buried By Mudslides In Sri Lanka

  Torrential rains have sent landslides cascading over three villages in Sri Lanka, and at least 200 families were feared buried under the mud Wednesday, the Sri Lankan Red Cross said.

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  Sri Lanka Flooding Death Toll Rises To 27, More Rain To Come

  Rescue workers recovered 16 bodies buried in mudslides caused by heavy rains in central Sri Lanka, raising the death toll due to bad weather to 27, government officials said on Wednesday. Rescue work was continuing as more rain was forecast.

• Sri Lanka Floods, Mudslides Kill 14

  Floods and mudslides triggered by heavy rain have killed at least 14 people in Sri Lanka and driven 80,000 from their homes, police and officials said Friday, as the country marked the 10th anniversary of the tsunami.

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  Three Killed in Sri Lanka Floods and Mudslides

  Sri Lankan officials say three people have died and more than 60,000 had to be evacuated to safer locations due to floods and mudslides caused by heavy rains around the island nation.

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  Rains Slow Sri Lankan Landslide Search; Nearly 150 Feared Dead

  Heavy rains hampered search operations on Friday at the site of a landslide in Sri Lanka where more than 100 people were buried under tons of mud and rubble two days ago.

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  Sniffer Dogs Join Search for Sri Lanka Mudslide Victims

  Sniffer dogs were brought in Friday to join the search for bodies at a tea plantation in Sri Lanka, two days after a major mudslide buried alive scores of people.

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  Rains Hamper Sri Lanka Mudslide Tragedy Search Effort

  Heavy rains disrupted a massive search on Thursday for scores of people feared buried in a landslide on a Sri Lankan tea estate, further dimming prospects of finding anyone alive.

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  No Hope in Finding Landslide Survivors: Sri Lanka Officials

  There was no hope of finding survivors after a mudslide tore through a tea plantation, a Sri Lankan disaster official said on Thursday, amid widely conflicting reports about how many people had been buried alive under the mud.

• 150 Feared Buried in Sri Lanka Tea Estate Mudslide

  A mudslide triggered by monsoon rains buried scores of workers' houses at a tea estate in central Sri Lanka on Wednesday, killing at least three people and causing fears that 150 others are missing, officials said.

• Floods, Mudslides Kill 22 in Sri Lanka

  At least 22 people have died in Sri Lanka from two days of floods and mudslides triggered by unusually heavy monsoon rains, officials said Tuesday.

• 16 dead due to floods, mudslides in Sri Lanka

  Sri Lanka's government says flash floods and mudslides have killed 16 people, with 14 others reported missing, in two days of heavy rain in many parts of the country.

• Widespread floods, mudslides in Sri Lanka: 200,000 homeless

  Nearly 200,000 people have lost their homes because of the flooding caused by incessant rains in the Eastern part of Sri Lanka. They have been forced to take refuge in temporary shelters. The government has set up over 500 relief camps in schools, temples, churches and government buildings. 18 people have been killed in the central and ea...