(MENAFN- QNA) About 200 people are missing and ten people are dead following a landslide in central Sri Lanka, disaster officials say.
The landslide, which came after heavy monsoon rains, engulfed about 140 houses in Badulla district, officials said.
Security forces have been mobilised in search and rescue operations.
Mudslide warnings were issued after much of Sri Lanka was lashed by heavy rain in the past few weeks, according to the (BBC).
"Rescue operations have recovered ten bodies so far," Pradeep Kodippili, spokesman for the Disaster Management Centre, said.
"Over 250 people are still missing and 140 houses are buried."
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