May 26 (UPI) -- Monsoon rain caused mass flooding and mudslides that have killed at least 91 people in Sri Lanka, government officials said Friday.
Some parts of the country experienced up to 22 inches of rain over the course of 24 hours. Schools were closed across the country and the nation's military had been dispatched to the hardest-hit regions to assist in the search for survivors. Helicopters were air-lifting survivors trapped in towns and villages where mudslides blocked roads and destroyed buildings.