Japan Typhoon Toll Rises to 67; 21 Still Missing
Troops and rescue workers waded through sludge Thursday to search for mudslide victims of Japan’s deadliest typhoon in more than a decade, which has killed at least 67 people and left 21 missing.
Other workers searched for any victims who might have been washed out to sea by Typhoon Tokage, which unleashed towering waves and mudslides that demolished homes and flooded dozens of communities.
Tokage, which means lizard in Japanese, headed into the Pacific Ocean after losing power.
More than 23,000 homes were affected. Tsutomu Mukai on the island of Awaji, west of Tokyo, said a mudslide buried his home, killing his 72-year-old mother.
“We had no time to escape,” he told TV Asahi. “I called out, ‘Mother, are you alive?’ but there was no answer.”
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