Japan Natural Disaster: Many people have died after landslides in Japan. While the number of missing people has increased to 113. Relief and rescue work is going on.
Japan Landslide
Japan Landslide Natural Disaster: Three people have died after a massive landslide in Japan, while more than 100 people are said to be missing. Here the landslide occurred due to heavy rains in the southwestern Atami city of the capital Tokyo. After which the houses and vehicles started flowing fast. A video of this (Japan Landslide Video) has also surfaced, in which it can be seen how everything was destroyed here in a few seconds.
According to the latest information revealed on Monday, after the death of a woman, the total number of dead has increased to 3, while 113 people are still missing. According to the local news agency, the incident took place in the city of Atami, which is located 90 kilometers (60 mi) from the capital Tokyo (Japan Landslide 2021). According to the agency, houses were washed away due to floods, landslides and mud inundation on Saturday.
early morning landslide
Heavy rains and landslides have once again drawn people’s attention to the natural disasters coming in Japan. Due to earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and tsunamis, such disasters are seen again and again. These things are happening at a time when the Tokyo Olympics are near. According to local media reports, the landslide in Atami occurred at around 10:30 am on Saturday. Where are many hot spring resorts.
Relief work continues in difficult circumstances
According to local media, it is believed that water, mud and debris were washed away into the sea for about 2 km (1.2 mi). Japan’s Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga has also talked to reporters about this. He told that the rain is still going on but in the midst of this difficult situation, relief and rescue work is going on. He asked the local people to remain alert and keep their safety in mind. There is a possibility that a landslide may occur again.
firefighters clearing silt
Suga says firefighters and other rescue workers, assisted by the Coast Guard, are working to clear silt from roads in Atami and efforts are on to reach people fearing that they may be trapped or washed away. Drones are also being used in the campaign (Japan Landslide Atami). The incident took place in the adjoining area of the mountain, where heavy rains that started a few days ago led to landslides in the early hours of Saturday, causing several houses to be washed away in a sudden gushing flow of silt from the mountain to the city.
people evacuated to a safe place
BREAKING: Number of people unaccounted for after massive landslide in central Japan rises to 113, much higher than the initial 20 pic.twitter.com/nTYqRioW3u
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Earlier, Tatsushi Ueda, the officer in charge of disaster prevention in Shizuoka Prefecture, told that two people have been confirmed dead and both are women who drowned in the sea (Japan Landslide Disaster). That is, the people who have died are all three women. Their bodies have been recovered by the Coast Guard. Ueda said that of the 10 people who were rescued, one was slightly injured. 121 people have been evacuated to a safe place in Atami. Landslide-hit Ijusan has many residential areas, shops and famous religious places.
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