COLOMBO: Floods and landslides hit a town and villages in south-central Sri Lanka, leaving at least 84 people dead and forcing 150,000 people to flee their homes, officials said yesterday.
The bodies of 37 people had been recovered, and rescue officials said at least 47 others were believed dead after their village was hit by a landslide.
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