Mudslide victim found without vital signs in southwestern Japan
Police said the person, believed to be an adult woman, was found on Sunday morning. The collapsed house is in a mountainous area of Aira City, Kagoshima Prefecture.
Bands of heavy rainclouds dumped record rain on the city and triggered a mudslide on Friday. Police and emergency authorities said four people lived in the house and two of them, an elderly woman and one of her daughters, were rescued.
Authorities said the elderly father was also later confirmed to be safe but the other daughter in her 30s has been unaccounted for.
Rescuers reportedly found the unconscious person near what is believed to be a shed on the house grounds. The police are trying to confirm the person's identity.
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