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5 sourcesNov 29, 2025

All passengers rescued from flood-stranded bus on Kalawewa Bridge

Security forces personnel have successfully rescued all 67 passengers, including a foreign woman, who had climbed onto the rooftop of a nearby residence after the bus they were travelling in was trapped by floodwaters on the Kalawewa Bridge along the Anuradhapura-Puttalam road, the Sri Lanka Navy Spokesman confirmed.

Gossip Lanka News English•Nov 29, 2025
Update: All 68 Trapped by Rajanganaya Flash Flood Safely Rescued
By Gossip Lanka News English
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Summary

Confirming information regarding this disaster, the Disaster Management Centre stated that the rescue operation was successful. Rescue operations were hampered last night due to dangerously rising water levels and strong currents. Officials stated that among those rescued were a foreign woman and a serving judge.

Summarised from Gossip Lanka News English

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People
  • Anura Kumara Dissanayake2
  • Harshana Nanayakkara
  • Sampath Kotuwekoda
  • Buddhika Sampath
  • Ajith P. Perera
Organisations
  • Navy4
  • Disaster Management Center
  • Disaster Management Centre
  • Parliament of Sri Lanka
  • Ministry of Defence
  • Naval
  • Sri
Places
  • Anuradhapura8
  • Puttalam7
  • Anuradhapura-Puttalam road6
  • Kalawewa Bridge5
  • Sri Lanka5
  • Kala Oya bridge4
  • Nochchiyagama Regional Hospital2
  • Alawatugoda-Ankumbura road
Keywords
  • rescued7
  • bus7
  • stranded6
  • from5
  • passengers4
  • all3
  • rooftop2
  • trapped2
  • safely2
  • flood2

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  • Kala Oya rescue wraps up, 1 deadHiru News - English·Nov 29, 2025
  • All 67 passengers of Kala Oya bus rescuedNewsWire English·Nov 29, 2025
  • All passengers rescued from flood-stranded bus on Kalawewa BridgeAda Derana·Nov 29, 2025
  • 49 Rescued from Flooded Bus on Kala Oya BridgeNews First·Nov 29, 2025
  • At least 40 passengers rescued from storm-struck Bus on Kala Oya BridgeNewsWire English·Nov 29, 2025
  • 34 rescued from Kala Oya busHiru News - English·Nov 29, 2025
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  • At least 40 rescued from bus stranded on Kalawewa BridgeAda Derana·Nov 29, 2025
  • Bus with around 70 passengers stuck on Kalawewa BridgeAda Derana·Nov 28, 2025
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