Sri Lanka is bracing for more rain, three days after enormous mudslides triggered by heavy precipitation killed more than 150 people and left more than a hundred missing, The Associated Press reported. The heavy rains ― the worst to hit Sri Lanka since 2003 ― wreaked havoc across the country in previous days, causing both widespread flooding and devastating landslides. Mudslides in three southwestern district buried hundreds of people under mud and debris. The death toll had climbed to 151 on Sunday and 111 people were still missing, authorities said, according to the AP. Maj. Gen. Sudantha Ranasinghe, who leads the search and rescue mission, said rescue workers didn’t expect to find more survivors. Ranasinghe added that while floodwaters were receding, some areas were still inundated. read more http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry...e4b053f2d2ad0303?rp&ncid=inblnkushpmg00000009
