Death toll from weeklong storms in Sri Lanka rises to 92 (pictureS)
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A Sri Lankan boy carries water bottles near a flood affected area near Colombo, Sri Lanka, Sunday, May 22, 2016. Sri Lanka's soldiers continued searching for scores of people missing since deadly landslides struck hill country several days ago leaving dozens dead. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena) |
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — The death toll from landslides and floods in
Sri Lanka as a result of weeklong heavy storms has risen to 92, officials said
Sunday.
Soldiers searching for victims of landslides that buried three villages
in the central hills pulled out eight bodies from the rubble, the Disaster
Management Center said, adding that 109 people were still missing in the
landslides.
Maj. Gen. Sudatha Ranasinghe, who is coordinating search efforts in the
landslide-hit district of Kegalle, said he hopes to pick up the search as the
weather conditions turn favorable.
The rain had stopped in many parts of the island nation on Sunday, and
waters were fast receding from the flooded streets of the capital, Colombo.
More than 185,000 people who are still displaced are being housed in
schools and religious places.
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