At the site of debris flow damage that occurred in Atami City, Shizuoka Prefecture last month, police are still searching for four missing people on the 22nd with about 50 people.
According to the prefecture, one person who was found at the search site on the 21st and was confirmed dead afterwards was found to have died in this debris flow on the morning of the 22nd, bringing the total number of victims to 24.
At the site of the large-scale debris flow damage that occurred in Izusan, Atami City on the 3rd of last month, the Aihatsu River and its surroundings, where the debris flow still flowed for more than 50 days after the outbreak, became a large amount of earth and sand as high as 3 meters. It is covered.
The whereabouts of the four people are still unknown in this damage, and police are searching for the missing people on the 22nd, with about 50 people walking along the river in a row from upstream to downstream.
One person was found at the search site on the 21st, and it was confirmed that he had died since then. According to the prefecture, it was found that he died in this debris flow on the morning of the 22nd.
The total number of victims of this debris flow was 24.
The police are planning to review the search method for early detection before it will be two months from the outbreak next month, and the chief of the disaster countermeasures section of the Shizuoka Prefectural Police Headquarters, Mr. Dobashi, said, "Please leave the missing person as soon as possible. I want them to be able to return to their families. "