No hope for survivors in Sri Lanka landslide, over 100 dead
- 9 years ago
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Hopes of finding survivors under the mud and rubble of a landslide in south-central Sri Lanka had run out by first light on Thursday (October 30), though a government minister cut the estimated death toll to more than 100 from 300 the previous night.
The landslide, which stretched 3 km (2 miles), engulfed the tea-plantation village of Haldummulla, 190 km (120 miles) from the capital Colombo, on Wednesday (October 29) after months of heavy monsoon rain.
Officials said the death toll would be hard to calculate because population data was lost in the disaster.
About 150 houses were buried in the landslide.
At the disaster site, hundreds of soldiers and government officials resumed search and clearing operations, using three earth-moving machines.
The area has seen a number of landslides since the onset of heavy rains in mid-September, often resulting in damage to roads, but there had been no casualties until Wed
Hopes of finding survivors under the mud and rubble of a landslide in south-central Sri Lanka had run out by first light on Thursday (October 30), though a government minister cut the estimated death toll to more than 100 from 300 the previous night.
The landslide, which stretched 3 km (2 miles), engulfed the tea-plantation village of Haldummulla, 190 km (120 miles) from the capital Colombo, on Wednesday (October 29) after months of heavy monsoon rain.
Officials said the death toll would be hard to calculate because population data was lost in the disaster.
About 150 houses were buried in the landslide.
At the disaster site, hundreds of soldiers and government officials resumed search and clearing operations, using three earth-moving machines.
The area has seen a number of landslides since the onset of heavy rains in mid-September, often resulting in damage to roads, but there had been no casualties until Wed