US EditionMore than 30 dead and 14 missing as heavy rains trigger landslides and floods in Sri Lanka
Persistent heavy rains linked to the northeast monsoon caused river overflows and landslides displacing 4,000 families as rescue teams continue operations, officials said.
- On Thursday , heavy rains triggered floods and landslides across Sri Lanka, killing at least 31 people and leaving about 14 missing as authorities stopped trains and closed roads.
- Meteorological authorities say a depression centred 210 km southeast of Batticaloa intensified the northeast monsoon season, with more than 100 millimetres and pockets of 250 millimetres of rain flooding homes and roads.
- Badulla was hit hardest, where landslides buried homes and about 16 people alive; nearly 400 homes were damaged and over 1,100 families displaced among about 4,000 affected.
- President Anura Kumara Dissanayake called a crisis meeting covering 17 of 25 districts as military and police rescue teams deploy boats, helicopters and vehicles while authorities suspended final‑year examinations and urged residents in low‑lying areas to relocate.
- This week's toll is the highest since June last year, rising to 31 since last week as officials and experts warn more frequent floods linked to climate change amid the northeast monsoon.
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Sri Lanka floods, landslides kill at least 31
COLOMBO — Floods and landslides triggered by heavy rains killed at least 31 people across Sri Lanka this week with 14 others missing, authorities said on Thursday. Most of the deaths occurred in the central tea-growing 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 adjoinin…
Sri Lanka floods, landslides kill at least 31
COLOMBO: Floods and landslides triggered by heavy rains killed at least 31 people across Sri Lanka this week, with 14 others missing, authorities said on Thursday (Nov 27).Most of the deaths occurred in the central tea-growing district of Badulla, where 16 people were buried alive when mountain slopes crashed
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