ARANAYAKA, Sri Lanka: Sri Lankan troops were Thursday digging through piles of mud to search for dozens reported missing after landslides buried two villages, killing at least 17 people.
Police said there was little hope of finding any survivors from the landslides that hit a mountainous area of the country late Tuesday after days of heavy rains that have brought flooding to many parts of the island.
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