Officials aware of Atami landslide risk a year before they had said By KAE KAWASHIMA/ Staff Writer. October 20, 2021 at 16:44 JST ...

Two are dead and at least 19 people are missing after a landslide caused by torrential rains tore through the Japanese city of Atami on Saturday. Witnesses described watching whole houses be swept ...

At least two people are thought to be dead and some 20 people are missing after a mudslide swept across a seaside city around 60 miles southwest of Tokyo, Japanese authorities said Saturday ...

Mudslides stretched about more than 2 km in Atami, Shizuoka Pref. Officials say at least 54,000 cubic meters had been used to fill a valley in roughly the area where the mudslide began.

The clear-cut actions that led to a disaster in Atami. By Philip Brasor Contributing writer. SHARE/SAVE . X Facebook LinkedIn Reddit Bluesky Threads Email Print Bookmark story Copy link. Jul 24, 2021.