Tokyo: On Wednesday ( Aug 28 ), four members of the same family vanished in Japan after a landslide from a typhoon that was on the way was reported, according to authorities.
On Wednesday morning, Typhoon Shanshan experienced gusts of up to 252 kilometers gusting 80 kilometers north of the southwestern Amami island.
A roof of dirt, rocks and other particles swept away their home in Gamagori, a city in central Aichi district, later on Tuesday after hours of pounding weather.
A Gamagori official told AFP that the disaster struck a home where five community members were staying: a few in their 70s, two females in their 40s, and a gentleman in his 30s.
One of them was saved soon on Tuesday, but the hunt for the other four has continued through the night, he said.
An official from the weather bureau said in a morning press conference that a specific heavy rainfall alert for Kagoshima district including Amami might be issued later on Wednesday.
” It’s important for us to be on the highest alert”, he said.