200 families missing in Sri Lanka landslide

A massive landslide, triggered by torrential rains, has buried homes in three villages in the central hills of Sri Lanka.

Two hundred families are missing and feared buried under the mud and debris, the Sri Lankan Red Cross said.

Sixteen bodies have been recovered and 180 people have been rescued from the enormous piles of mud, which slid at 5pm on Tuesday, says military spokesman, Brig. Jayanath Jayaweera.