Two landslides have occurred in Hasalaka Yahangala Kanda and the old railway yard road in Nawalapitiya. Eight people have died in these two landslides and 21 people are reported to be missing.
Three members of the same family have been swept away in the landslide that occurred in the old railway yard road in Nawalapitiya. The Nawalapitiya police say that the deceased are a woman, her mother-in-law and a three-month-old baby.
Due to heavy rainfall in the Nawalapitiya area, a mound of earth above the house collapsed on the house. The bodies of the three deceased have been deposited at the Nawalapitiya District General Hospital.
Meanwhile, five people have been reported to have died in the landslide that occurred in Hasalaka Yahangala Kanda. 21 people are missing due to the landslide.