The death toll from a large mudslide that occurred in Atami, a hot spring resort southwest of Tokyo, earlier this month has risen by one to 10, local officials said Sunday.

Eighteen people remain unaccounted for following the mudslide on July 3 in the city in Shizuoka Prefecture, according to the officials.

Cleanup operations continue on June 11, 2021, at the site of the July 3 deadly mudslide triggered by heavy rain in the Shizuoka Prefecture hot spring resort city of Atami, central Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

In the areas hit by the mudslide, a total of about 1,700 police, firefighters and Self-Defense Forces personnel continued to search for those missing.

Shizuoka Gov. Heita Kawakatsu pledged to find the missing people as soon as possible and implement measures to help rebuild evacuees' lives.


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