Japan - At least 150 killed after heavy rains cause flooding and mudslides / Sapporo residents shock
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Channel: AP Archive · 2018 · News & Politics
(7 Sep 2018) STORYLINE The Japanese government said on July 9th 2018 at least 100 people have died or are presumed dead from the heavy rains, floods and mudslides that have struck western Japan. Searches and cleanup efforts were taking place in the south western region where several days of heavy rainfall set off flooding and landslides in a widespread area. *** Efforts to clean up the destroyed remnants of a residential neighbourhood in Hiroshima were underway on July 11th after heavy rains wrought havoc on the area and several others around western Japan. A landslide in the Kuchitaminami area on the outskirts of Hiroshima city killed three people, and swept away homes in a tangle of mud and broken trees. Heavy machinery could be seen trying to remove the rubble, while families had to cross precarious damaged road and flood streams. Japan's state broadcaster NHK reported on July 11th that the national death toll from the heavy rains had risen to 159, with 57 people still unaccounted for. *** In September 7th there is significant damage to homes and roads in Sapporo, the capital of Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido following a magnitude 6.7 earthquake. Local residents were quick to express their shock at the level of destruction done to their neighbourhood. Water supplies remain cut and heavily scarred road surfaces mean many streets can only be navigated on foot. 11 people were killed while 26 remain unaccounted for after a strong tremor jolted residents from their beds early on September 6th. *** Searchers used dogs, backhoes and shovels to dig through mud and debris September 7th looking for survivors beneath the landslides caused by a powerful earthquake in northern Japan that left at least 16 people dead, or presumed dead. The magnitude 6.7 quake early Thursday unleashed scores of landslides that buried homes in avalanches of soil, rock and timber on the country's northernmost main island of Hokkaido. In Atsuma, a town of 4,600 people, 26 were still unaccounted for. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said nearly half of the near-three million households on the island had their power restored after a day of island-wide blackouts. 00:53:17 Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter: https://twitter.com/AP_Archive Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/APArchives Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/APNews/ You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/5185c5106567490ca894ae1738eb5c0a
