(AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena) Sri Lankans wade through a road submerged in flood waters in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Tuesday, May 17, 2016. Sri Lankans wade through a road submerged in flood waters in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Tuesday, May 17, 2016. Some 220 families are feared buried by rain-triggered mudslides in three villages – Siripura, Pallebage and Elagipitya – in Kegalle, according to the Sri Lanka Red Cross. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)Over 200 people were on Wednesday feared buried in massive landslides in Sri Lanka following three days of torrential rains that have triggered landslips and floods, killing nearly 40 people, with rescuers running against time to find survivors under mounds of mud. Some 22 districts of the island were hit by the bad weather, heavy rains which were over 200 millimetres in mostareas.

Source: Indian Express May 17, 2016 23:39 UTC