(ANSA) - TOKYO, 03 JUL - At least two people have died and another twenty are missing due to the landslide that hit the central eastern Japanese prefecture of Shizuoka today, about 200 km south of Tokyo: he told reporters the local governor, Heita Kawakatsu. "Two people are in a state of cardiorespiratory arrest," said Kawakatsu, using the common formula in the country to indicate a death before confirmation by a doctor.
"The land gave way under torrential rains" creating a river of mud that "swept away homes and inhabitants" and cutting a national road, the governor explained. (HANDLE).