Rescue workers search for people missing in fatal mudslide

Rescue workers search for people missing in fatal mudslide

HOFU, Japan - Photo taken July 22 shows the site of a mudslide near the national highway Route 262 in Hofu, Yamaguchi Prefecture. The mudslide triggered by torrential rain hit a nursing home for the elderly in the city in western Japan on July 21, leaving three people dead and four others missing.

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