Photos: Sri Lanka landslides

Sri Lankan landslide survivors mourn the death of one of their family member at a public school in Elangapitiya village in Aranayaka about 45 miles north east of Colombo, Sri Lanka, Thursday, May 19, 2016.

Sri Lankan villagers and army soldiers gather at the site of a landslide in Elangapitiya village in Aranayaka, about 45 miles north east of Colombo, Sri Lanka, Thursday, May 19, 2016.

A coffin carrying remains of a landslide victim is kept in a public school in Elangapitiya village in Aranayaka, about 45 miles north east of Colombo, Sri Lanka, Thursday, May 19, 2016.

Sri Lankan army soldiers carry out a search operation in Elangapitiya village in Aranayaka, about 45 miles north east of Colombo, Sri Lanka, Thursday, May 19, 2016.

Sri Lankans walk on mud after a massive landslide at Aranayaka in Kegalle District, about 45 miles north east of Colombo, Sri Lanka, on May 18, 2016.

A Sri Lankan army soldier leaves the area of a landslide after searching for survivors in Elangipitiya village in Aranayaka about 45 miles north east of Colombo, Sri Lanka, on May 18, 2016.

Sri Lankan landslide survivors try to salvage their belongings buried in the mud after a landslide in Elangipitiya village in Aranayaka about 45 miles north east of Colombo, Sri Lanka, on May 18, 2016.

Sri Lankan onlookers watch a minor land slide following heavy rains in Elangipitiya village in Aranayaka about 45 miles north east of Colombo, Sri Lanka, on May 18, 2016.

Sri Lankan landslide survivors walk through the mud after a landslide in Elangipitiya village in Aranayaka about 45 miles north east of Colombo, Sri Lanka, on May 18, 2016.

People run for safety during a minor land slide following heavy rains in Elangipitiya village in Aranayaka about 45 miles north east of Colombo, Sri Lanka, on May 18, 2016.

This photograph released by the Sri Lankan President’s Office on May 18, 2016, shows the area where a landlside struck in the village of Aranayake in central Sri Lanka.

Sri Lankan military personnel take part in relief and rescue efforts following a landslide in the village of Bulathkohupitiya on May 18, 2016.

This photograph released by the Sri Lankan President’s Office and taken from a helicopter on May 18, 2016, shows flooding following heavy rain in central Sri Lanka.

A Sri Lankan woman wades through floodwaters inside her home in the Kelaniya suburb of the capital Colombo on May 18, 2016.

Sri Lankan youths wade through floodwaters in Biyagama on May 18, 2016.