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Two bodies found, 20 still missing after landslide sweeps away homes

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By Natsuko Fukue

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Hope these 20 people are quickly found. Mobilize the jsdf.

I really hate the flood season every year.

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It is a tragedy, but I think that looking at the images and video of the disaster and not having over 100 people involved speak a lot of the efforts that were done to evacuate and prevent loss of lives. Still, many families are now in a terrible time and there must still something that can be done to prevent this from repeating in the future.

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While the news is saying the days of rain caused the slide, coincidentally Google placed the landslide on the ridge above where the slide ripped through the neighborhood. In Google maps, what looks like a mudslide is really a newly shaved slice of forest where they are installing a solar farm, which you can see in Apple Maps. https://goo.gl/maps/jPH6DnHFhTwxYHc49

Also next to this is a new treeless area with homes going in. I wonder if officials investigating this will note these. While I like a solar energy, replacing forests with solar panels will only cause more tragedies like this. My condolences to to the victims.

This is the spot from which the video on the TV was filmed from. https://goo.gl/maps/oUivb6RPZf2wtdbk6 (the green fence is in the way)

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Thanks for the map links. If you look at the ridge where the forest has been clear cut in Google Earth, its about 500m long and extends up from about 360 to 450m above sea level. 90m gain in 500m is 18% or about 10 degrees, like a beginner ski course. It looks like old growth forest, not one of the conifer plantations. Old growth is supposed to be more effective than the conifers at anchoring the soil.

The videos of the slide are shocking and I just hope that there are survivors to be found.

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Two people are dead. 20 missing. I don't foresee a complete recovery being physically possible.

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Very powerful photo on a tragic situation for many. Rough rainy season so far.

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