More rains are forecasted for Sunday and Monday, for now, the weather has cleared.
"Deputy Minister for Disaster Management Dunesh Kankanda said many people were on roofs and treetops calling for help".
The army believed that it does not expect to find any more people to survive due to flood and landslide.
Sri Lanka's government appealed to the United Nations as well as other countries for help with rescue and relief measures.
At least 180 people have now been confirmed dead in the worst flooding to hit Sri Lanka for 14 years.
The military has deployed helicopters, boats and amphibious vehicles to distribute aid pouring in from residents in areas unaffected by the floods.
Lankas water supply minister Rauf Hakeem said that "40 per cent of those affected did not have access to piped drinking water, and there was an urgent need to clean contaminated wells in flood-affected areas".
"Although the heavy rainy condition has reduced temporary, showery conditions are likely to enhance again over south-western part of the island from 29th May 2017", the Meteorological Department said, according to PTI.
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Western and southern regions of the country were swamped with two days of torrential rains and landslides.
"We are displaced and have no place to go", said Rathana Kumari, who fled her flooded home with her family and took refuge on the Southern Expressway, a major highway linking the commercial capital of Colombo with the cities of Matara and Galle.
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'I thought it was my end, ' he said as he recalled how the water level suddenly rose on Sunday, covering his head, before he was pulled to safety.
Government spokesman Rajitha Senaratne said relief operations had intensified following a break in the monsoon rain, with medical teams reinforcing hospitals in affected districts. The Chinese Government will give full support to the disaster relief operations of the Sri Lankan Government.
Mudslides have become common during Sri Lanka's summer monsoon season as forests across the tropical Indian Ocean island nation have been cleared for export crops such as tea and rubber.
Authorities said there was now little hope for the 100 or more people still missing, meaning the death toll for disaster may equal floods in 2003 that claimed 250 lives.
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