COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — At least 10 people are reported dead after a mudslide buried scores of workers’ houses at a tea plantation in Sri Lanka today. And an official says more than 250 others are missing.
The mudslide was triggered by monsoon rains.
The country’s military has mobilized troops to help with the rescue operation.
Video shows huge mounds of earth covering the houses, and muddy water still gushing from the hilltops.
Most of Sri Lanka — the Indian Ocean island nation that was once called Ceylon — has seen heavy rain over the past few weeks. And there have been warnings of mudslides.
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APPHOTO DEL145: A man shines a torch as dusk falls at the site of a mudslide at the Koslanda tea plantation in Badulla district, about 220 kilometers (140 miles) east of Colombo, Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2014. The mudslide triggered by monsoon rains buried scores of workers’ houses at the tea plantation, killing at least 10 people and leaving more than 250 missing, an official said. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena) (29 Oct 2014)
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