Hundreds Missing After Landslide in Sri Lanka

More than 200 families are missing in the western Sri Lankan region of Kegalle — about 75 km from the capital Colombo — after a landslide buried three villages late Tuesday evening local time.

The Sri Lankan Red Cross says that the villages of Siripura, Pallebage and Elagipitya were buried in the landslide and that rescue work has been made difficult because electricity has been cut off. It said that it had rescued 180 people, who were being cared for in a nearby temple.