At least 32 people have been killed in landslides that struck Japan’s Hiroshima prefecture, officials say.<\/p>\n
The landslides happened in a residential area near a mountain in the Hiroshima city outskirts.<\/p>\n
They were triggered after the equivalent of a month’s rain fell in the 24 hours up to Wednesday morning, Japan’s weather agency said.<\/p>\n
Images from the scene showed houses buried in mud and rocks, as rescue teams worked their way towards homes.<\/p>\n
Another nine people are still missing, said authorities.<\/p>\n
Another local government official said some people were swept away and it was “hard to know exactly how many are unaccounted for”, AP reported.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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