Japanese Resort Town Searching for 80 People After Mudslide
The New York Times
Three victims have been declared dead, and the authorities are trying to determine whether the dozens of missing were caught up in a disaster set off by record rains.
TOKYO — Officials in the Japanese resort town of Atami said on Monday that they were still trying to locate more than 80 people after record-setting rains had brought a mudslide crashing through a residential area over the weekend. Three people have been declared dead, and the authorities said they were considering releasing the names of the dozens who remained missing in an effort to determine whether they had been caught up in the mudslide. Police, fire and military personnel continued a search-and-rescue operation that had begun on Saturday after more than a foot and a half of rain poured down on Atami, triggering the landslide, which destroyed more than 100 homes.
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