COLOMBO , Sri Lanka (AFP) — Rescue workers on Wednesday recovered the bodies of 16 villagers buried in landslides in Sri Lanka after three days of torrential rains. The disaster hit two small villages in Kegalle, a mountainous area north-east of Colombo, and take the overall death toll from flooding and landslides in recent days to 35. Sri Lanka’s government has deployed troops to evacuate people living on slopes or in flood-hit areas and the […]





