Shizuoka – Around 230 people remain displaced one year after a mudslide left 27 people dead and one person missing in the city of Atami, Shizuoka Prefecture.
The mudslide occurred on the morning of July 3, 2021 as a hillside collapsed near the Aizome River, sweeping away buildings along the river. About 130 buildings were damaged, and the number of evacuees at one point reached as high as 580.
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