TOKYO (Reuters) -Rescuers in Japan searched on Monday for 80 people believed to be missing two days after landslides tore through the seaside city of Atami, destroying houses and burying roads under mud and rock. The official death toll from the landslides that hit early on Saturday is four, according to Atami city spokesperson Hiroki Onuma, while the number of missing had come down from 113 earlier. "My mother is still missing," one man told NHK television. By Monday, the number of rescuers at the disaster site had risen to 1,500, officials said. "We want to rescue as many victims ... buried in the rubble as soon as possible," Suga told reporters.

Source: The Star July 05, 2021 00:38 UTC