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Police recover bodies of 4 men hit by avalanche in Gifu

Police recover bodies of 4 men hit by avalanche in Gifu

TAKAYAMA, Japan - The three survivors of a avalanche that killed four climbers from two mountain-climbing groups on Mt. Yarigatake in Gifu Prefecture earlier this week descend the mountain unaided on Jan. 2. From extreme right: Yutaka Takeuchi, 38, of a mountaineering group from Tokyo, and Motoo Suzuki, 47, and Miyoko Nagase, 30, both from a mountaineering group in Tokushima. The seven climbers were sleeping inside two nearby tents on a 2,000-meter-high slope of Mt. Yarigatake when the avalanche struck at around 11:30 p.m. on Dec. 31, local officials say. The bodies of the four climbers were recovered earlier Jan. 2.

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(CORRECTED) Police recover bodies of 4 men hit by avalanche

(CORRECTED) Police recover bodies of 4 men hit by avalanche

TAKAYAMA, Japan - The three survivors of a avalanche that killed four climbers from two mountain-climbing groups on Mt. Yarigatake in Gifu Prefecture earlier this week descend the mountain unaided on Jan. 2. From extreme right: Yutaka Takeuchi, 38, of a mountaineering group from Tokyo, and Motoo Suzuki, 47, and Miyoko Nagase, 30, both from a mountaineering group in Tokushima. The seven climbers were sleeping inside two nearby tents on a 2,000-meter-high slope of Mt. Yarigatake when the avalanche struck at around 11:30 p.m. on Dec. 31, local officials say. The bodies of the four climbers were recovered earlier Jan. 2. (Kyodo)

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