Search continues for 11 campers swept away by river

Search continues for 11 campers swept away by river

YAMAKITA, Japan - A Self-Defense Forces helicopter continues its search Aug. 16 for 11 campers that went missing after being swept away Aug. 14 by a rain-swollen river in Kanagawa Prefecture. A total of 380 rescuers resumed searching in and around Lake Tanzawa, about 500 meters downstream from a sandbar in the Kurokura River where the 11 had been swept away.

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