Landslide in Shobara, Hiroshima
Torrential rain damage throughout western Japan
July 19, 2010, Shohara, Japan - Rescuers shift through a field ravaged by mudslides at a village in Shohara City, Hiroshima prefecture, western Japan, on Monday, July 19, 2010. Some 300 rescuers, including police, firefighters and Ground Self-Defense Force troopers, were mobilized in search for an 87-year-old woman who has been missing since July 16. The village was one of many in western and central Japan devastated by mudslides triggered by continuing torrential rains. (Photo by Noriyuki Araki/AFLO) [3076] -mis-