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May 19, 2016

Sri Lanka president flies to flood-hit area, toll hits 37
Colombo (AFP) May 18, 2016
Sri Lanka's president mourned the island's "devastating loss" Wednesday as the death toll from three days of torrential rain and landslides rose to 37, with more than 150 missing and rescuers still pulling bodies from the mud. President Maithripala Sirisena flew to a central tea-growing area where images taken from a helicopter showed floodwaters engulfing entire villages and forested hills deluged with reddish mud. "The loss is devastating," the president posted on Twitter. The Disaster Ma ... read more

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