Sri Lanka floods, landslides kill at least 31


A man carryiing an umbrella amid heavy rainfall in Colombo on Nov 27, 2025. - AFP

COLOMBO: Floods and landslides triggered by heavy rains killed at least 31 people across Sri Lanka this week with 14 others missing, authorities said on Thursday (Nov 27).

Most of the deaths occurred in the central tea-growing district of Badulla, where 16 people were buried alive when mountain slopes crashed onto their homes overnight, the Disaster Management Centre (DMC) said in a statement.

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