Landslides in southwestern Japan

Landslides in southwestern Japan

MINAMIASO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows rescue workers searching for people who have gone missing at the site of a landslide in Minamiaso, Kumamoto Prefecture, on July 12, 2012. Record-setting rainfalls have caused flooding and landslides in parts of southwestern Japan, leading to evacuation orders for thousands of residents, with authorities fearing that some people may have been buried alive.

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