Photo: GettyAt least two people are feared dead after landslides triggered by heavy rains hit the central Japanese city of Atami, where about 20 people were still missing, public broadcaster NHK said. Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, who convened an emergency task force to tackle the crisis, asked people in the affected areas to remain on alert. "There may be more heavy rainfalls and we need to be taking the highest caution," Suga said in televised remarks. Two people were found in a state of cardiac arrest in Atami, 90km southwest of Tokyo, and taken to hospital, NHK said. Some 2,830 households in the area face power outages, it said, citing the Tokyo Electric Power.

Source: Otago Daily Times July 03, 2021 16:41 UTC