Firefighters search for missing people at the scene of a landslide following days of heavy rain in Atami in Shizuoka Prefecture on July 4, 2021. - AFP
TOKYO, July 4 (Reuters): Japan resumed rescue operations for 20 missing people early on Sunday after landslides triggered by torrential rains hit the central city of Atami, killing at least two, Kyodo news agency said.
About 10 people were rescued after floods, landslides and cascading mud collapsed and half-submerged houses on Saturday in the seaside city 90 km (60 miles) southwest of Tokyo, Kyodo said, adding about 80 buildings were affected.
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