Sri Lanka floods, mudslides kill 14

(MENAFN- The Peninsula) Floods and mudslides triggered by heavy rain have killed at least 14 people in Sri Lanka and driven 80,000 from homes, police and officials said yesterday as the country marked the 10th anniversary of the tsunami. Police said 10 were killed in mudslides in the central region where 38 people lost their lives in a similar disaster in October. Four drowned in flooding triggered when authorities opened the sluice gates at reservoirs to reduce pressure on their dams.