A man stands on debris at the site of a landslide after heavy rains hit the city of Hiroshima, western Japan, on August 20, 2014.
Tokyo:
The number of people known to have died when a hillside collapsed in western Japan has hit 27, the government said Wednesday, with a further 10 people still unaccounted for.
The figures came after a morning of intense efforts to reach those believed buried by mud in Hiroshima after the overnight landslide.
The figures came after a morning of intense efforts to reach those believed buried by mud in Hiroshima after the overnight landslide.
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