The Air Force has dispatched two Bell 412 helicopters and a Y12 aircraft for a rescue mission in search of several missing fishermen along the coast between Bambalapitiya to Balapitiya.
Three bodies were washed ashore in the South and 12 fishermen undergoing treatment at Balapitiya hospital.
The office of the Police Media Spokesman confirmed that a third body was found washed ashore in Beruwala.
The tragedy has occurred following the prevailing adverse weather conditions creating heavy winds and rough seas.
(by Mohammed Naalir )