Hopes fade for 150 feared buried in Sri Lanka landslides
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ARANAYAKA - Hopes faded on Thursday for the survival of about 150 people trapped under the mud and rubble of two landslides in Sri Lanka, as heavy rain hampered rescue operations and the death toll from the disaster rose to 41.
Days of torrential rains have forced more than 300,000 people from their homes across the South Asian island nation, official data showed. Eighteen bodies have been retrieved at the landslide sites.
That figure is likely to rise sharply, as authorities battling muddy conditions began to give up hope of reaching 134 people believed to be trapped under rubble at one site, and 16 at another, before time ran out.
