A Huge Landslide in Japan has left over 36 people dead and another seven missing. The Landslide which happen earlier today 20th August, buried a dozens of houses in Western Japan, Hiroshima. Report says the Landslide happened after a torrential downpours in Hiroshima which led to the collapse of the hills (pictured above).
According to yahoonews, a spokesman for Hiroshima Police told AFP the death toll was still climbing.
"The figures may change as the rescue efforts continue," he warned.
The number of dead had risen rapidly from an initial four, which included a two-year-old boy.
Among the dead was a 53-year-old rescuer, who was killed by a secondary landslide after he had pulled five people to safety, the Fire and Disaster Management Agency said.
Pictures showed there had been at least five different landslides. Some uprooted trees and carried rocks down the hillside into the tightly-packed houses that sit on the edge of a commuter belt, in an area where town gives way to farmland. Continue to see more pictures...
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