ATAMI, Shizuoka — A total of 24 people remain unaccounted for after the weekend mudslide disaster in Atami, Shizuoka Prefecture, the city’s municipal government said Tuesday.
After the names of 64 missing people were released Monday evening, the city confirmed the whereabouts of 41 of them, while another person was added to the list of missing people. Eight men and 16 women are still missing.
About 1,700 rescuers, including police, firefighters and Self-Defense Forces personnel, are endeavoring to find the missing people in the area hit by the mudslide on Saturday morning in the city’s Izusan district. Seventy-two hours have passed since the disast…
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