14 Feared Dead in Mudslide at Japan Construction Site
Rescuers trudging through tons of mud and heavy snow found six bodies and continued searching today for eight others missing after a landslide tore through a dam construction site.
Police and firefighters struggled to find the missing workers, who were buried Friday when warm rain and melted snow sent mud surging through a narrow river valley.
All 14 are thought to have died shortly after they were buried under about 65 feet of mud and rocks along the Kamaharasawa River in Otari village, 125 miles northwest of Tokyo, police said.
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