WHYY Newsline August 22, 2014
Hiroshima are once again searching through the debris for missing people after landslides. Rain had forced them to stop their work for a while. At least 39 people were killed when landslides hit the city on wednesday. As many as 52 others are missing. Thousands of police officers, firefighters and selfdefense force personnel have joined the operation. They fear even light rain could trigger more landslides. And intermittent rain had forced them to stop their work. Authorities say the landslides destroyed or damaged 46 houses and flooded 140 more. The disaster cut off water to more than 1,000 h...