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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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