Zbog klizišta zemlje uzrokovanog monsunskim kišama u južnom i središnjem dijelu Šri Lanke poginulo je između 100 i 300 osoba, a sve je manje nade za pronalaskom preživjelih, izvjestili su predstavnici Vlade za posjeta ugroženom području.
U katastrofi je zakopano više od 100 ljudi koji su bili izvan svojih domova i koji nisu poslušali upozorenja.
Sri Lankan residents stand outside a damaged building at the site of a landslide caused by heavy monsoon rains in Koslanda village in central Sri Lanka on October 29, 2014. Mudslides triggered by monsoon rains swept through a tea-growing region of Sri Lanka October 29, killing at least 16 people and leaving about 300 more feared missing, disaster officials said. AFP PHOTO/ Ishara S. KODIKARA
Inače, seljaci koji žive na tom području upozoreni su 2005. i 2012. da se zbog opasnosti od klizišta isele, ali mnogi to nisu poslušali, izjavio je ministar Amaraweera.
Sri Lankan residents stand outside a damaged building at the site of a landslide caused by heavy monsoon rains in Koslanda village in central Sri Lanka on October 29, 2014. Mudslides triggered by monsoon rains swept through a tea-growing region of Sri Lanka October 29, killing at least 16 people and leaving about 300 more feared missing, disaster officials said. AFP PHOTO/ Ishara S. KODIKARA
Ljudi koji žive u na tom brdovitom području uglavnom su indijskog podrijetla, potomci su radnika koji su u Sri Lanku došli za vrijeme britanske vlasti kao jeftina radna snaga na plantažama čaja i kave.
A landslide-affected resident from Haldummula reacts while sheltering at the government-run relief camp of Koslanda on October 30, 2014. Soldiers using heavy diggers stepped up their desperate search October 30 for victims of a landslide in Sri Lanka, feared to have buried alive 100 people on a tea plantation. AFP PHOTO / LAKRUWAN WANNIARACHCHI