A mudslide triggered by monsoon rains buried scores of workers’ houses at a tea estate in central Sri Lanka on Wednesday, killing at least 10 people and leaving more than 250 missing, officials said.
The mudslide struck at around 7.30 am (local time) and wiped out 120 workers’ homes at the Meeriabedda tea estate in Badulla district, 218 kilometres east of Colombo, said Lal Sarath Kumara, an official from the Disaster Management Centre.
By early afternoon, rescue workers had pulled out 10 bodies that had been buried by the mudslide, Mr. Kumara said. More than 250 other people were missing, he said.
The military mobilised troops to help in the rescue operations.
