Kandy, Sri Lanka, Dec 4, 2025 (AFP) - Devastating landslides turn Sri Lanka village into burial ground

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2025-12-04

Electrician V. K. Muthukrishnan ran to help when a lightning-fast mudslide flattened his neighbour's home in rural Sri Lanka -- only to see his own house swept away minutes later. A friend whom he directed to the disaster site to aid rescue efforts was also killed in the second cascade of mud and boulders. "I have nightmares, thinking that I sent my friend to his death," a tearful Muthukrishnan said as he showed AFP reporters the wreckage of his......

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