The World - News from April 21, 1986
A huge reservoir in Sri Lanka burst its earthen embankment, and police said they feared that as many as 100 people were killed. The rupture sent a wall of water rushing through the town of Kantalai, 130 miles northeast of the capital of Colombo. Up to 20,000 families were homeless. K.D.P. Perera, head of Sri Lanka’s Irrigation Department, was quoted as saying a crack in the embankment was reported two months ago.
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