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Japan searches for dozens missing in mudslide

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Rescue workers dug through sludge and debris Monday looking for dozens of people who may be trapped after a a torrent of mud, trees and rocks ripped with a roar through a Japanese seaside resort town, killing at least four people.

Eighty people were still unaccounte­d for two days after the landslide, according to Shizuoka prefectura­l disaster management official Takamichi Sugiyama.

Officials planned to release their names, hoping that perhaps some were away when the disaster struck, since many of the apartments and houses in Atami are second homes or vacation rentals.

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