Three missing after landslide hits houses in western Japan

Emergency workers walk near a flooded street in Matsuyama, Ehime, Japan on July 12, 2024 in this screengrab obtained from social media video. - Photo: via Reuters

TOKYO: Three people went missing after a residence in western Japanese prefecture of Ehime was buried in a landslide early Friday (July 12), local media reported.

In Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture, a slope measuring around 50 meters wide and 100 meters high collapsed from a mountain at around 4am local time, with mud reported to have entered nearby houses and an apartment building, Kyodo News said, citing police and firefighters.