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At least 36 people, including children, were killed in [URL="http://www.irishtimes.com/search/search-7.1213540?tag_location=Japan&article=true"]Japan[/URL] today, when landslides triggered by torrential rain hit into the outskirts of the western city of [URL="http://www.irishtimes.com/search/search-7.1213540?tag_location=Hiroshima&article=true"]Hiroshima[/URL].
Rain-sodden slopes collapsed in torrents of mud, rock and debris on the outskirts of the city and left seven missing, police said.
Public broadcaster NHK showed rescue workers suspended by ropes from police helicopters pulling victims from the rubble. Others climbed into windows as they searched for survivors in crushed homes.
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[url]http://www.irishtimes.com/news/world/asia-pacific/landslides-kill-at-least-36-in-japanese-city-of-hiroshima-1.1902528[/url]
Japan just cannot catch a break
[quote]he land collapsed so quickly that evacuation advisories came an hour after the first mudslide, officials acknowledged.
“It’s so regrettable,” Kyodo News service quoted Hiroshima mayor Kazumi Matsui as saying. “We’ll find out what went wrong and take the necessary measures.”
Cities in land-scarce Japan often expand into mountainous areas, leaving such development vulnerable to landslides.[/quote]
Holy shit. Imagine a disaster striking so hard and fast that you could basically not even warn people in time.
Abe even cut short his vacation to begin coordinating the relief effort.
[quote]Prime minister Shinzo Abe cut short his summer vacation to head back to Tokyo. He said he would dispatch several hundred military personnel to help with rescue efforts[/quote]
Poor Hiroshima, first a nuke and now this.
isn't this kind of normal in japan?
earthquakes and whatnot
i'm sure they're perfectly equipped to deal with this
They are, but remember what the article said about the circumstances; the amount of rain that fell was apparently a record, also the collapse happened faster than anticipated. This might encourage earlier warnings, though.
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