About 20 people missing and 2 presumed dead after mudslide wipes out homes in Japan's Atami city

Tokyo, Japan(CNN) At least two people are thought to be dead and some 20 people are missing after a mudslide swept across a seaside city around 60 miles southwest of Tokyo, sweeping away homes amid Japan's rainy season.

Footage posted on social media showed the powerful black mudslide shoot down a mountainside, engulfing homes and infrastructure as locals watched in horror.

The giant mudslide in Atami, Shizuoka prefecture, which occurred around 10:30 a.m. local time, came after parts of the region was hit by torrential rain.

Police and firefighters have been searching for the missing and prefectural officials have requested help from Japan's Self-Defense Force.

As of 2 p.m. local time, about 2,830 households in the city were out of power, according to the Tokyo Electric Power Company.

The government has set up a task force to respond to the disaster and collect information as heavy rainfall sweeps areas along the Pacific coast in central and eastern Japan.

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga expressed his condolences to the victims of the landslide and stressed that members of the police, fire department service, Japan Coast Guard, and Japan Self-Defense Forces were doing their utmost to save lives, rescue people and help with evacuations.

Heita Kawakatsu, the governor of Shizuoka prefecture, expressed his "deepest sympathies" to those affected by the landslide and to "those who have been forced to evacuate," he told a Saturday press conference.

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Lalasticlala

https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2021/07/03/asia/japan-mudslide-atami-intl-hnk/index.html

Wow

Damn

As in..
Na mud full road like say na flood..

Mehn!..
Wahala is everywhere..
Everywhere is shaking..

Lord have mercy

So terrible

It's well with them.....Na people whey affect go understand

Japan and natural disasters are like Fulani and cow..

Meanwhile our own disaster is man made in the person of Bullhari

Mehn, this is wierd.
Lalasticlala

This is terrible. On behalf of buhari and my very self, i pray for japan.



Wish your country a quick recovery.