In the early morning of the 31st, there was information that a slope collapsed in Tsuruoka City, Yamagata Prefecture, and more than 10 buildings including houses were involved, and according to the police, two people have been rescued from around the site so far.
Police and firefighters are searching for anyone else involved.
Around 1:00 am on the 31st, a person nearby called the police in Nishime, Tsuruoka City, Yamagata Prefecture, saying that the house was collapsed.
According to the police, there is information that the slope collapsed and more than 10 buildings including houses were involved.
So far, two people, a man in his 70s and a woman in her 60s, have been rescued from the area around the scene, and according to the fire department, the two were transported to a hospital in the city, and both are conscious.
Police and firefighters are searching for anyone else involved.
A man who lives in the neighborhood "Multiple buildings were destroyed by landslides"
A man living in the neighborhood who visited the site before 2:00 a.m. told NHK that "multiple buildings were caught in the landslide. One of them was crushed by earth and sand." .
According to the man, some of the residents are evacuating to a nearby community center because firefighters called for evacuation around nearby houses.