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Sri Lanka faces more landslide risks as death toll rises to 151
Reuters   29 May 2017   Sri Lanka   Asia  
People walk through a landslide site during a rescue mission in Athwelthota village, in Kalutara, Sri Lanka May 28, 2017. REUTERS/Dinuka Li
<p>Landslides and floods in Sri Lanka have killed at least 151 people and the country faces the risk of more mudslides as torrential rains continue, officials said on Sunday.</p><p>More than 100 people are still missing after the worst rains in the Indian ...
SRI LANKA LANDSLIDE DEATH TOLL RISES TO 29, UNKNOWN NUMBER STILL MISSING
EYEWITNESS NEWS   17 April 2017   Sri Lanka   Colombo  
Landslide in Sri Lanka. Picture: Screengrab, Reuters video
<p>Rescue workers cleared mud and debris from a landslide at a giant rubbish dump in the Sri Lankan capital for a fourth day on Monday, as the death toll rose to 29 and uncertainty remained over the number of people missing.</p> <p>The 90-metre dump in the ...
Hope in Sri Lanka Dwindles, Unlike Rain, Amid Landslide Rescue Efforts
Daily Mail   19 May 2016   Sri Lanka   Aranayke  
Residents surveyed the damage in the mountainous region of Aranayake on Thursday. Dinuka Liyanawatte/Reuters
<p>ARANAYAKE, Sri Lanka &mdash; Defying forecasts, sheets of rain were still falling Thursday on a rubble-strewn mountainside in the tea-and-cinnamon district of Sri Lanka, two days after a landslide buried three hamlets and dozens of residents who never heard ...
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200 families missing as Sri Lankan landslides bury three villages
The Guardian   18 May 2016   Sri Lanka   Kegalle district  
A view of the landslides in the central district of Kegalle. Photograph: Amantha Perera
<p>Torrential rains and flooding across country force more than 137,000 people from their homes, with 36 confirmed dead.</p> <p>Rescuers are looking for more than 200 families who are missing following massive landslides in a remote area on the slopes of Sri ...
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