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  • Sri Lanka seeks international assistance as monsoon death toll reaches 113

    SRI LANKA, 2017/05/29 Death toll from recent landslides and floods, triggered by monsoon, in Sri Lanka has reached 113, as the island country has sought international assistance. The national-run disaster management center, while updating the death toll from an before figure of 91, said on Saturday that nearly 100 people were still missing next the worst torrential downpours since 2003 drenched the tropical Indian Ocean island country.