A major rescue operation is underway after a bus caught in rising floodwaters on the Kala Oya bridge along the Anuradhapura–Puttalam road was swept off course, forcing passengers to seek refuge on the roof of a nearby house.
Rescue underway for flood-stranded bus passengers as President monitors operation live
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