Devesh
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Sri Lankan soldiers pulled more bodies from landslides and distributed food and water to many.
Colombo, Sri Lanka: Sri Lankan soldiers pulled more bodies from landslides and distributed food and water Sunday to hundreds of thousands forced into shelters after major floods hit the island.
Floodwaters were receding in the capital Colombo after the heaviest rains in 25 years pounded the country since last weekend, triggering landslides that have buried victims in tonnes of mud.
Soldiers and other rescuers have discovered 15 bodies in the last 24 hours in the worst-hit district of Kegalle, about 100 kilometres (60 miles) northeast of Colombo, where two villages were destroyed last week.
Eighty four people are known to have died across the island amid fears the number could rise, with 116 people still listed as missing, the Disaster Management Centre (DMC) said in its latest update.
Flood-Hit Sri Lanka Pulls More Bodies From Landslides
Colombo, Sri Lanka: Sri Lankan soldiers pulled more bodies from landslides and distributed food and water Sunday to hundreds of thousands forced into shelters after major floods hit the island.
Floodwaters were receding in the capital Colombo after the heaviest rains in 25 years pounded the country since last weekend, triggering landslides that have buried victims in tonnes of mud.
Soldiers and other rescuers have discovered 15 bodies in the last 24 hours in the worst-hit district of Kegalle, about 100 kilometres (60 miles) northeast of Colombo, where two villages were destroyed last week.
Eighty four people are known to have died across the island amid fears the number could rise, with 116 people still listed as missing, the Disaster Management Centre (DMC) said in its latest update.
Flood-Hit Sri Lanka Pulls More Bodies From Landslides
