Report: Landslides kill 39 in Japan

Tokyo (CNN) -- Residents combed through mud and debris looking for bodies of their loved ones after heavy rains triggered landslides that swallowed up homes in the western Japanese city of Hiroshima.

The landslides Wednesday killed at least 39 people, including a 2-year-old boy and his 11-year-old brother who were buried by debris in Asaminami Ward, authorities told the Kyodo news agency.

At least 10 others are missing, according to Hiroshima police. Authorities fear the number could be much higher because the landslides hit a crowded residential area.

A neighbor said he heard the boys' mother scream for help and rushed to help her, digging with his bare hands, Kyodo reported. He reached the toddler, but could not free him in time.

Hiroshima landslide

"His body was still warm," the man told Kyodo.

An elderly resident of the Asakita Ward, one of the hardest-hit areas, described roads as resembling rivers. "I thought it was dangerous to go outside, so I was in my room listening to disaster information all through the night," she told Kyodo.

Heavy rains have pounded the area. In the last 24 hours, it received a record 9.5 inches of rain, the Kyodo news agency said.

Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui acknowledged evacuation advisories came late, Kyodo reported. Matsui said city officials will investigate how they can improve.

According to Hiroshima's disaster control center, as of Thursday morning 1,018 people have been evacuated from destroyed houses and moved to public facilities. An evacuation advisory is in place for 164,108 residents or 68,813 households in Asakita and Asaminami wards in Hiroshima.

About 600 emergency personnel have been deployed to the area.Search and recovery continued Thursday.

連降暴雨，山體滑坡39殺日本
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2014年8月21日 - 更新0002 GMT（0802 HKT）
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報告：山體滑坡39殺日本
新聞提要
新：至少有10人失踪日本城市
當局擔心的數字可能要高得多
暴雨敲打領域，使山體滑坡
東京（CNN） -居民通過泥漿和雜物梳理尋找親人的屍體後，暴雨引發的山體滑坡吞噬的家園，在日本西部廣島市。
滑坡週三炸死至少39人，其中包括一個2歲的男孩和他11歲的哥哥是誰遭土石掩埋的安佐南區，當局告訴共同社。
至少有10人失踪， 據廣島警方。當局擔心的數字可能要高得多，因為山體滑坡擊中一個擁擠的居民區。
一位鄰居說，他聽到男孩的母親尖叫求救，趕到幫她，用他的赤手挖掘，共同社報導。他到達了小孩，但不能釋放他的時候。
廣島縣山體滑坡 廣島縣山體滑坡
“他的身體還是熱的，”那人告訴共同社。
在安佐病房，受災最嚴重的地區之一，對老居民所述路段，類似的河流。“我認為這是危險的到外面去，所以我就在我的房間徹夜聆聽災害信息，”她告訴共同社。
暴雨敲打的區域。在過去24小時內，就收到了創紀錄9.5英寸的雨，共同社說。
廣島市長松井一美​​承認疏散勸告來晚了，共同社報導。松井說，市政府官員將調查他們如何能夠改善。
據廣島的災難控制中心，於15日上午1018人被疏散，從被摧毀的房屋，搬到公共設施。疏散諮詢到位的164108居民或68813戶安佐和安佐南病房廣島。
關於600急救人員已部署到該地區。 搜索和恢復持續週四。