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56 Dead In Lanka Floods, Landslides; Government Offices, Schools Shut
Sri Lanka closed government offices and schools Friday as the death toll from floods and landslides across the country rose to 56 while more than 600 houses were damaged, officials said.
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India Sending 3 Ships With Supplies After Floods, Landslides In Sri Lanka
India is sending three Navy ships with supplies and other aid to Sri Lanka, which has appealed for international assistance after floods and landslides killed at least 113 people since last week.
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Floods, Landslides Kill At Least 91 In Sri Lanka; Over 100 Missing
Flooding and landslides killed at least 91 people and left another 110 missing in Sri Lanka as the monsoon set in Friday, dumping record rainfalls in many parts of the island, authorities said.
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Sri Lanka Floods Toll Reaches 92 As More Bodies Pulled Out
Rescuers on Sunday pulled out 23 more bodies from the debris of disastrous landslides in Sri Lanka, taking the toll to 92 while over 100 people remained missing in floods triggered by rains even as relief aid poured in from across the world, including India, for lakhs displaced.
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Flood-Hit Sri Lanka Pulls More Bodies From Landslides
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.
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73 Dead, Scores Missing In Sri Lankan Landslides, Floods
Sri Lanka's government has raised the death toll from landslides and heavy flooding around the island nation to 73, as soldiers continue searching for scores of people missing since deadly landslides struck the hill country several days ago.
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Sri Lanka Floods: More Than 60 People Dead, 200,000 Flee Colombo
Sri Lankans clambered onto rubber dinghies and makeshift rafts Friday to flee their flooded capital Colombo as fresh downpours elsewhere hampered relief efforts.
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Terror Of Sri Lankan Landslides: 'All I Could Do Was scream'
Heavy rains today pounded the central Sri Lankan region where at least three villages have already been swallowed by mountains of mud, forcing soldiers and police to suspend rescue work. At least 18 people are known to have been killed and hundreds are reported missing in the landslides so far.
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Sri Lanka Search For 16 Missing After Landslide
Rescue workers in Sri Lanka searched for 16 people missing today after landslides buried several homes following three days of heavy rain, police said.
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Sri Lanka Cuts Landslide Dead and Missing Toll to 38
Sri Lanka on Saturday reduced to 38 the number of dead and missing from a mudslide at a tea plantation after giving an initial toll of over 300.
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Rains Slow Sri Lankan Landslide Search; Nearly 150 Feared Dead
Heavy rains hampered search operations on Friday at the site of a landslide in Sri Lanka where more than 100 people were buried under tons of mud and rubble two days ago.
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Sniffer Dogs Join Search for Sri Lanka Mudslide Victims
Sniffer dogs were brought in Friday to join the search for bodies at a tea plantation in Sri Lanka, two days after a major mudslide buried alive scores of people.
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Rains Hamper Sri Lanka Mudslide Tragedy Search Effort
Heavy rains disrupted a massive search on Thursday for scores of people feared buried in a landslide on a Sri Lankan tea estate, further dimming prospects of finding anyone alive.
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No Hope for Survivors in Sri Lanka Landslide, Over 100 Dead
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, though a government minister cut the estimated death toll to more than 100 from 300 the previous night.
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No Hope in Finding Landslide Survivors: Sri Lanka Officials
There was no hope of finding survivors after a mudslide tore through a tea plantation, a Sri Lankan disaster official said on Thursday, amid widely conflicting reports about how many people had been buried alive under the mud.
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56 Dead In Lanka Floods, Landslides; Government Offices, Schools Shut
Sri Lanka closed government offices and schools Friday as the death toll from floods and landslides across the country rose to 56 while more than 600 houses were damaged, officials said.
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India Sending 3 Ships With Supplies After Floods, Landslides In Sri Lanka
India is sending three Navy ships with supplies and other aid to Sri Lanka, which has appealed for international assistance after floods and landslides killed at least 113 people since last week.
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Floods, Landslides Kill At Least 91 In Sri Lanka; Over 100 Missing
Flooding and landslides killed at least 91 people and left another 110 missing in Sri Lanka as the monsoon set in Friday, dumping record rainfalls in many parts of the island, authorities said.
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Sri Lanka Floods Toll Reaches 92 As More Bodies Pulled Out
Rescuers on Sunday pulled out 23 more bodies from the debris of disastrous landslides in Sri Lanka, taking the toll to 92 while over 100 people remained missing in floods triggered by rains even as relief aid poured in from across the world, including India, for lakhs displaced.
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Flood-Hit Sri Lanka Pulls More Bodies From Landslides
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.
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73 Dead, Scores Missing In Sri Lankan Landslides, Floods
Sri Lanka's government has raised the death toll from landslides and heavy flooding around the island nation to 73, as soldiers continue searching for scores of people missing since deadly landslides struck the hill country several days ago.
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Sri Lanka Floods: More Than 60 People Dead, 200,000 Flee Colombo
Sri Lankans clambered onto rubber dinghies and makeshift rafts Friday to flee their flooded capital Colombo as fresh downpours elsewhere hampered relief efforts.
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Terror Of Sri Lankan Landslides: 'All I Could Do Was scream'
Heavy rains today pounded the central Sri Lankan region where at least three villages have already been swallowed by mountains of mud, forcing soldiers and police to suspend rescue work. At least 18 people are known to have been killed and hundreds are reported missing in the landslides so far.
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Sri Lanka Search For 16 Missing After Landslide
Rescue workers in Sri Lanka searched for 16 people missing today after landslides buried several homes following three days of heavy rain, police said.
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Sri Lanka Cuts Landslide Dead and Missing Toll to 38
Sri Lanka on Saturday reduced to 38 the number of dead and missing from a mudslide at a tea plantation after giving an initial toll of over 300.
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Rains Slow Sri Lankan Landslide Search; Nearly 150 Feared Dead
Heavy rains hampered search operations on Friday at the site of a landslide in Sri Lanka where more than 100 people were buried under tons of mud and rubble two days ago.
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Sniffer Dogs Join Search for Sri Lanka Mudslide Victims
Sniffer dogs were brought in Friday to join the search for bodies at a tea plantation in Sri Lanka, two days after a major mudslide buried alive scores of people.
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Rains Hamper Sri Lanka Mudslide Tragedy Search Effort
Heavy rains disrupted a massive search on Thursday for scores of people feared buried in a landslide on a Sri Lankan tea estate, further dimming prospects of finding anyone alive.
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No Hope for Survivors in Sri Lanka Landslide, Over 100 Dead
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, though a government minister cut the estimated death toll to more than 100 from 300 the previous night.
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No Hope in Finding Landslide Survivors: Sri Lanka Officials
There was no hope of finding survivors after a mudslide tore through a tea plantation, a Sri Lankan disaster official said on Thursday, amid widely conflicting reports about how many people had been buried alive under the mud.
