Date | 14 April 2017 |
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Location | Meethotamulla, Colombo, Sri Lanka |
Coordinates | 06°56′15″N 79°53′26″E / 6.93750°N 79.89056°E |
Cause | Landslide due to garbage piling |
Deaths | 32 |
Missing | 8 |
Property damage | 145 houses destroyed, infrastructure damage |
The Meethotamulla landslide was a garbage landslide of a section of the large dump at Meethotamulla in the Colombo District of Sri Lanka.