Three found dead in Japan landslide after heavy rain

Tokyo (AFP) July 13, 2024

Three people were found dead at the site of landslide in western Japan after heavy rain hit the region, a local official said Saturday.

Rescue workers had been searching three people – a man in his 90s, a woman in her 80s, and a man in his 40s – who were living in a wooden house that collapsed after the landslide in Matsuyama, Ehime prefecture.