More than 100 people are missing after a powerful landslide, which occurred on July 3 in the Japanese city of Ata, reports the British news agency Reuters with reference to local media.
According to the initial data of rescuers, the number of possible victims decreased from 113 to about 80, but these are not the final figures. It is known about at least three dead. There are more than 1.5 thousand rescuers.
was previously reported other information: July 3, it was known only about 20 missing, but then the authorities began to check the lists of survivors with documents – registers of residence, and not rely on calls from relatives and friends of possible victims of the element.
landslide caused rain, demolished or damaged 130 houses. Water, dirt and fragments did the way in more than two kilometers – from the slope of the hill, on which the city is at the city, to the sea.