ECONOMYNEXT – The death toll in Sri Lanka’s worst natural disaster in eight years has risen to 159 as of 20:00 hours on Saturday, with the authorities still in search of at least 203 missing people across the island nation, the country’s Disaster Management Center (DMC) said. Officials expect the toll to rise further as relief work is underway with many people are feared buried due to the landslides and earth slips in hilly areas while floods in some coastal districts along the river basins. Central Sri Lanka district of Badulla and Kandy topped the death toll list with at…
Death toll rises to 159 in Sri Lanka’s Ditwah-hit disaster; 203 missing
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