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Sri Lanka:Flood:2003/10/02
Duration2003/10/02 Floods and landslides have killed 10 people in Sri Lanka's south, a local newspaper said on Thursday.
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  • Reuters Alertnet 2003/10/02
    Two people were killed when a landslide swept a village in Elpitiya, about 80 km (50 miles) south of Colombo, and eight people were killed in Yakkalamulla, about 110 km (68 miles) south of the capital, the Daily Mirror newspaper said.
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