2014 Badulla landslide

The landslide occurred in a hilly region, hitting the village of Koslanda in the Haldummulla division, from the capital, Colombo. The landslide was triggered by monsoon rains and was about long. According to Sri Lanka's National Building Research Organisation, it had issued a warning of possible landslides on the night of 28 October, but the Disaster Management Center (DMC), which was responsible for broadcasting the warning, had failed to deliver to the Badulla area; the DMC denied the claim, saying it had sent the warning but residents were not able to evacuate before the slide occurred. Disaster Management Minister Mahinda Amaraweera said that residents in the area had previously been advised to leave in 2005 and 2012 because of the landslide risk. ==Casualties==

Initial reports indicated that as many as 300 people were missing, while officials said that six bodies had been found on the day of the slide. The confusion over the number of missing was compounded by the destruction of a local office, which had contained records of the area's population. as well as several road and railroad washouts. ==Rescue efforts==

Several hundred rescue workers, including government personnel, local aid workers and other volunteers, reached the site within a day of the slide, as well as 500 military troops. Following the slide, authorities ordered several hundred residents of nearby communities to evacuate due to the risk of further landslides. ==Recovery==

On the 31 October DMC-SL issued a document outlining short, medium and long term plans for recovering the village including replacement "resilient buildings." ==See also==