According to Disaster Management Center (DMC), nine people confirmed to be dead, while 29 remains missing, a significantly lower number than their earlier 190. It is highly unlikely to finding anyone alive under the debris, as mud would have been too weak to create air pockets for people to stay alive.
Over 3,000 families who lived in areas identified as risky, have been moved to safe camps.
Rescuers continue to dig into about 10 meters of mud with the help of sniffer dogs. But their operations are hampered by continues heavy rains.
The tragic landslide completely destroyed a line of workers houses in Meeriyabedda tea plantation near the town of Haldummulla, on Wednesday (29) morning. According to officials the line house complex houses more than 300 people, but most of them were out for work or school, when the landslide collapsed.
Over 13,000 people are affected by the inclement weather, DMC said. Over 3,000 families who lived in areas identified as risky, have been moved to safe camps.
The meteorology department says showers or thundershowers are likely to continue due to the atmospheric disturbance located to the northeast of Sri Lanka be widespread with very heavy rain falls more than 150 mili meters in the Northern, North Central, Eastern and Uva provinces.
Tuesday 4 November 2014
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