Rescuers recovered the body of a woman on Thursday from the site of a massive landslide in Oita Prefecture after confirming the death of a male resident the day before.
Rescuers recovered the body of a woman on Thursday from the site of a massive landslide in Oita Prefecture after confirming the death of a male resident the day before.
The body is believed to be that of one of five women who remained unaccounted for after a mountain slope collapsed behind a group of houses early Wednesday in the Yabakei area on the outskirts of Nakatsu. Efforts to find the women, aged 21 to 90, have been hindered by a massive amount of debris and the risk of more landslides at the site. Some 540 members of the Ground Self-Defense Force, police and firefighters took part in Thursday’s search.
