TOKYO: Details emerged Tuesday of a newly-wed couple who had been expecting their first baby when huge mudslides engulfed their home in western Japan, as the number of confirmed deaths from the disaster hit 60.
The couple, who were married in October last year, lived in an apartment block that was swept away six days ago when tons of earth, rocks and trees thundered down the mountainside in Hiroshima at a reported 40 kilometres (25 miles) an hour.
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