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This Article is From Aug 20, 2014

Death Toll in Japan Landslide Rises to 18

Tokyo: At least 18 people are known to have died in a huge landslide that crushed homes in western Japan, media reports said Wednesday, with 13 others still missing.

Houses were buried when a wall of mud thundered down a hillside in Hiroshima overnight, television pictures showed, with national broadcaster NHK citing local police for the death toll.

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