Unusually heavy monsoon rains have flooded Sri Lanka´s capital and neighbouring districts where mudslides killed at least 13 people, officials said earlier today.
The island´s western and southern regions experienced heavy rains with more than 100 millimetres (four inches) dumped within about one hour on Sunday, an official at the Disaster Management Centre (DMC) said.
“The weather appears to be getting worse and we could have more rain in the coming days,” DMC director Sarath Lal Kumara told the media.
He said a search was underway for two people missing after a mudslide in a Colombo suburb on Sunday night. Police and DMC records showed 13 people had been killed since Sunday evening while at least another two were reported missing.
