An effective landslide has actually torn via loads of residences in Atami, 100 kilometres from Tokyo, after hefty moisten Saturday.
A minimum of nineteen individuals are understood to be missing out on, authorities claim, and also they are afraid that number might climb to as high as a hundred.
As lots of as 80 residences were entirely hidden, according to an authorities with the Fire and also Calamity Administration Company.
Downpours have actually been striking components of Japan because previously in the week. Specialists claimed dust had actually been loosened up, boosting landslide dangers in a nation full of valleys and also hills.
Atami is a seaside playground thermal springs, suburbs, going shopping roads and also a renowned temple.
