The death toll from last week’s landslides in Hiroshima rose to 72 on Thursday, while 10 people remained unaccounted for, local police said.
A total of eight bodies remained unidentified, the Hiroshima prefectural police department said.
About 3,400 workers, including Self-Defense Forces personnel, continued search activities on the ninth day after the northern part of the city was hit by the first of the rain-induced landslides.
The city government is considering lifting its evacuation order and advisory, which have been in place for about 150,000 residents of Asa-Minami and Asa-Kita wards.
The situation is improving, Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui said, noting that the amount of rainfall is expected to drop.
More than 1,200 people were still staying at local evacuation centers.
Thursday 28 August 2014
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