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The Yomiuri Shimbun Firefighters search for missing persons at the site of a landslide in Matsuyama on Friday.
The Yomiuri Shimbun
15:25 JST, July 12, 2024
MATSUYAMA – Three people are missing after their house was almost completely destroyed by a landslide on Friday early morning in Matsuyama, according to local fire department.
At around 3:50 a.m. on Friday, a neighbor made an emergency call to report that an apartment and a house were submerged in mud, the fire department said. The mudslide collapse occurred in a residential area northeast of Matsuyama Castle and is thought to have been about 50 meters wide and 100 meters high.
Matsuyama city government issued emergency evacuation orders at 5 a.m. on the day for the area, including the site of the landslide, alerting 13,226 households and 22,062 people, to ensure residents’ safety.
Courtesy of a local resident A house hit by the landslide in Matsuyama.
