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Hundreds of personnel are helping rescue flood victims, including this resident of the capital Colombo

Rescuers in Sri Lanka are searching for scores of people missing after

massive landslides foll owing days of rain.

The Red Cross says more than 200 families are feared buried in the mudslides

that hit three villages in central Kegalle district.

At least 13 bodies have been recovered so far. Another three bodies were found

elsewhere in the district.

Disaster officials say about 150 people have been rescued but more than 60

houses have been buried by mud.

At least 32 people have been killed in flooding during three days of torrential rain

in Sri Lanka, according to official figures.

Nearly 350,000 people have been displaced by the flooding.

The huge landslide happened above the villages of Siripura, Pallebage and

Elagipitya late on Tuesday afternoon.

Images show a vast stretch of hillside which has sheared off, sending mud, rocks

and trees crashing down.

"We have deployed more than 300 officers for rescue operations... they have been

able to rescue around 150 people last night. They recovered 13 dead bodies this

morning," military spokesman Brig Jayanath Jayaweera told the BBC.

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