Two more bodies have been recovered from the location of the devastating Boxing Day landslide which buried around five houses along with their occupants in Rilpola, Badulla.
Police said the latest discovery was made last evening and that the victims have been identified as a 33-year-old resident of Haliela and a 19-year-old youth.
The remains have been placed at the Badulla Hospital while this brings the number of bodies recovered following the Rilpola landslide to 8 and the total confirmed death toll due to adverse weather in the Badulla District to 18.
Meanwhile 23 people have been killed and eight others are missing due to floods and mudslides caused by incessant rain across the country over the past week while over 1 million people have been affected.
