EDITORS PLEASE NOTE: QUALITY AS INCOMING.<br/> <br />Hopes of finding survivors under the mud and rubble of a landslide in south-central Sri Lanka had run out by first light on Thursday (October 30), though a government minister cut the estimated death toll to more than 100 from 300 the previous night.<br/> <br />The landslide, which stretched 3 km (2 miles), engulfed the tea-plantation village of Haldummulla, 190 km (120 miles) from the capital Colombo, on Wednesday (October 29) after months of heavy monsoon rain.<br/> <br />Officials said the death toll would be hard to calculate because population data was lost in the disaster.<br/> <br />About 150 houses were buried in the landslide.<br/> <br />At the disaster site, hundreds of soldiers and government officials resumed search and clearing operations, using three earth-moving machines.<br/> <br />The area has seen a number of landslides since the onset of heavy rains in mid-September, often resulting in damage to roads, but there had been no casualties until Wed
