the city is southwest of tokyo in shizuoka prefecture — where mud cascaded down a hillside, smashingtami. knocking down and crushing homes and sweeping away cars. officials say the mudslide struck at 10:30am local time, leaving thousands of houses without power. atami is known for its hot springs and holiday resorts. it is in the same region as the famous mount fuji, which usually attracts over a million visitors every year. but there are fears tourism, already affected by the coronavirus pandemic, could be further impacted. atami is a favourite place not even for people from shizuoka but people from tokyo and kanagawa and chiba, in the tokyo area. so basically, it is going to give out a lot of negative connotation and fear, which means that psychological negativity will bear possibly a further hit on the already burdened tourist industry in the eastern part of shizuoka which is in atami. the region has seen heavy rains and flooding since friday. japan's prime minister is putting together an emergency task force while rescue workers on the ground are still searching for the missing.

the city is south—west of tokyo in shizuoka prefecture and is a popular hot spring resort. usually sees in the whole month. sodaba haidare reports. this is the aftermath of the mudslide in the city of atami. knocking down and crushing homes and sweeping away cars. officials say the mudslide struck at 10:30am local time, leaving thousands of houses without power. atami is known for its hot springs and holiday resorts. it is in the same region as the famous mount fuji, which usually attracts over a million visitors every year. but there are fears tourism already affected by the coronavirus pandemic could be further impacted. atami is a favourite place not only for people from shizuoka but particularly people from tokyo and kanagawa and chiba, in the tokyo area. so basically it's going to give out a lot of negative connotation and fear, which means that psychological negativity is going to bear — possibly further hit the already burdened tourist industry in the eastern part of shizuoka, which is in atami. the region has seen heavy rains and flooding since friday. japan's prime

the city is south—west of tokyo in shizuoka prefecture.atest pictures, showing extensive damage to roads and buildings in the path of the landslide in atami, which is around 100 kilometres south west of tokyo. the authorities have launched a search and rescue mission. officials say it happened at 10.30 in the morning, local time, and that several houses were swept away. thousands of homes in the area are without power. the region has seen heavy rains and flooding since friday. here's our correspondent injapan, rupert wingfield—hayes. you may be able to see the sun is struggling to get through the clouds here in tokyo this afternoon. that's pretty much the first time we've seen it in the last week or so. it's been pretty much continuous heavy rain across central and western japan for much of the last week. that's not a huge surprise. this is the middle of rainy season. i have to say japan is a very mountainous and very densely populated country and when you travel around japan you see these sorts of communities built all the way up is very

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shizuoka prefecture officials are asking for help from the self-defense forces.is video on social media. you can see that terrifying destruction. houses being destroyed. the slurry of debris sliding down that big road, as you can see from the video. and, paula, we are, right now, in the middle of japan's rainy season. oftentimes, there is flooding, landslides occur. a very severe destruction happened in 2018. and right now, the entire part of japan's pacific coast has been dealing with torrential rain, which is what triggered this destruction. and as of 2:00 p.m., local time, more than 2,800 households in the city where this destruction happened are out of power. now, we are still following developments, closely, to see how many people the search-and-rescue team can surface. right now, national broadcaster, nhk, is also reporting that weather officials are warning that there is, still, much more to come here, paula. >> yeah. and that's what's so disturbing. i mean, selina, when we are looking at this video. in the first instance, it continues to rain. in the seco

residents in parts of three prefectures, shizuoka, kanagawa and chiba, have been ordered to evacuate flooding in low—lying areas. japan is prone to mudslides and flooding during its annual rainy season, but the heavy rainfall is getting more intense and destructive each year which has been linked to climate change. dozens of people were killed in flooding in july last year, with more than 200 dying in 2018 when parts of western japan were inundated by bad weather. sodaba hadaire, bbc news. doctors are calling on the government to keep some coronavirus measures in place in england after the 19th ofjuly, when the final stage of lifting restrictions is due to happen. the british medical association says face coverings and improved ventilation should continue. the prime minister has said he hopes the country will be able to return to something close to pre—pandemic life later this month, but extra precautions might be needed. naomi grimley reports. what will our lives look like by the end of this month? some ministers have hinted there could be a sweeping away of the regulations we've go

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residents in parts of three prefectures, shizuoka, kanagawa and chiba, have been ordered to evacuate but the heavy rainfall is getting more intense and destructive each year which has been linked to climate change. dozens of people were killed in flooding in july last year, with more than 200 dying in 2018 when parts of western japan were inundated by bad weather. sodaba hadaire, bbc news. you are watching bbc news, the headlines: england are through to the semi—finals of euro twenty—twenty — after a four—nil victory over ukraine. they'll now play denmark — while italy will take on spain in the other semi—final. tens of thousands of brazilian protesters call for president bolsonaro to resign over his handling of the coronavirus pandemic. the canadian military is on standby to help evacuate towns and fight more than 170 wildfires fueled by a record—smashing heat wave and tinder—dry conditions as the government in ottawa warned of a "long and challenging summer" ahead. at least 177 fires were active in the western province of british columbia, 76 of them sparked in the last two days, o

residents in parts of three prefectures, shizuoka, kanagawa and chiba, have been ordered to evacuate to climate change. dozens of people were killed in flooding in july last year, with more than 200 dying in 2018 when parts of western japan were inundated by bad weather. sodaba hadaire, bbc news. 18—year old emma raducanu is celebrating after becoming the youngest british woman to get through to the fourth round at wimbledon. the teenage british wild card, ranked 338th and fresh from completing her a—levels, cruised to a 6—3 7—5 win over romanian world no 45 sorana cirstea. this was her reaction just afterwards. honestly, i'm so speechless right now. at the end, i did not know what my reaction would be if i won. and then thatjust happened. so i am just so grateful for all the support that i had today. cheering i really appreciate it. doctors are calling on the government to keep some coronavirus measures in place in england after the 19th ofjuly, when the final stage of lifting restrictions is due to happen. the british medical association says face coverings and improved ventilation

at least 20 people are missing after this mudslide swept across atami city in shizuoka prefecture. this is more than 50 miles southwest of tokyo. if you take a look at that video, you can see the destruction of homes. a huge amount of debris. infrastructure being engulfed in this mudslide. shocked people, bystanders, a lot of shock on social media as well. again, evacuation orders have been issued. the search and rescue mission is under way. no deaths have been reported yet. the shizuoka prefectural officials are also asking for support from japan's self-defense forces. and right now, paula, we are in the middle of japan's annual rainy season. it often causes floods and landslides. in fact, in 2018, more than 200 people died from devastating floods. right now japan's entire pacific coast has been hammered by torrential rain, which is what triggered this disaster earlier this morning. according to national broadcaster, the mudslide occurred around 10:30 a.m. local time. a task force has been set up to monitor the impacts. as of 2:00 p.m. local time, more than 2,800 households in the

a popular hot—spring resort in the prefecture of shizuoka, southwest of tokyo.d 20 people are still missing. tanya dendrinos reports. as the morning mist envelops the mountains, below, a city lies smothered. the buildings still standing tell a tale as stark as those destroyed, painted by the torrent of mud that tore through atami on saturday. translation: it was l an unimaginable sound. i knew it was a landslide. translation: the mudslide came really close, right in front of my house. translation: it was l an unimaginable sound. i knew it was a landslide. translation: the mudslide came really close, right in front of my house. i couldn't get away, so i climbed up a ladder. i could hear it coming before i saw it. rescue teams are still searching for survivors. translation: we're doing everything we can in putting people's lives first. the police, fire department, japan coast guard and self—defense forces are working hard to rescue and search for people. but due to the weather, we're unable to fly helicopters 0pen dragon and drones for the rescue missions. a lands

the city is southwest of tokyo, in shizuoka prefecture and is a popular hot—spring resort.ocking down and crushing homes, and sweeping away cars. officials say the mudslide struck at 1030 in the morning local time living thousands of homes without power. atame is known for its hot springs and holiday resorts. it's in the same region as the famous mount fuji which normally attracts over a million visitors every year, but there are fears that tourism already affected by the coronavirus pandemic could be further impacted.— further impacted. atame is a favourite _ further impacted. atame is a favourite place _ further impacted. atame is a favourite place not _ further impacted. atame is a favourite place not only - further impacted. atame is a favourite place not only for. favourite place not only for people in the local district but also tokyo and hokkaido, it's going to be about a lot of negative connotation and fear, which means psychological negativity is going to possibly further head the already very burdened to rest industry in the eastern part of atame. the reuion the e

a landslide which devastated the city of atami, a popular hot spring resort in the prefecture of shizuokad 20 people are still missing. tanya dendrinos reports. as the morning mist envelops the mountains, below, a city lies smothered. buildings standing tell a tale as stark as those destroyed, painted by the torrent of mud that tore through atami on saturday. translation: it was an unimaginable sound. i knew it was a landslide. translation: the mudslide _ was a landslide. translation: the mudslide came _ was a landslide. translation: the mudslide came really - was a landslide. translation: | the mudslide came really close. right in front of my house. i could not get away so i climbed up could not get away so i climbed up a _ could not get away so i climbed up a ladder. i could hear it coming _ up a ladder. i could hear it coming before i saw it. rescue teams are _ coming before i saw it. rescue teams are still— coming before i saw it. rescue teams are still searching - coming before i saw it. rescue teams are still searching for. teams are still searching for survivors. translation: we ar

professor seijiro takeshita from the university of shizuoka says many of the homes that were hit werent of rain and in fact, it has already exceeded the amount amount of rain injuly as a whole. and while unfortunately these disasters do happen, as you just reported, one assuring thing is the fact that injapan, because of our strong cohesiveness within the group and within the community, our societal values, we do not see any looting or opportunists, we do not have any people who will rob around, so bascically we are all going to be geared up to facing and helping these people out. we were hearing there from rupert wingfield—hayes that it has been reported that above the community that has been so badly hit by this mudslide, the forest had been cut down and that is being looked at as a possible cause for why this was so bad. is that something you are aware of? oh, yes, i was in atami with my son just two weeks ago and if you go there you can see it is a typical situation where people tend to build houses or whatever in a very, very acute angle. but injapan, this is a thing that you hav

the governor of shizuoka says the prefecture will investigate the cause of this landslide that some residents believe was a man made disaster. one theory that will be investigated is whether the landslide was caused by housing and development projects that have deforested area above atami and possibly reduced the mountain's ability to retain water. rosemary? >> joining us live from atami, japan, bringing us the very latest on those efforts there. >>> officials in the philippines say everyone has now been accounted for in sunday's military plane crash. at least 50 people were killed and dozens more were hurt after a philippine air force plane crashed while attempting to land. three of the fatalities were people on the ground. the aircraft burst into flames after missing the runway and crashing into a nearby village. video shows a large plume of smoke rising from the wreckage. it's the country's worst military air disaster in decades. >>> well, the owners and insurers of the container ship that blocked the suez canal for six days in march have agreed to a settlement. the evergiven container shi

at this time, only a handful of events taking place in miyagi, shizuoka, and fukushima, where state ofenues to be filled to 50% capacity or a maximum of 10,000 spectators. now, this decision was made at the time when tokyo's experiencing another surge in covid-19 cases. largely, driven by the delta variant. now, just this week, cases reached its highest numbers since mid-may and the vaccine rollout is, still, moving incredibly slow. only about 17% of japan's population has been fully vaccinated. now, as a result, on thursday, japan's prime minister declared a fourth state of emergency for the capital. lasting until august 22nd. and, michael, that means that these olympic games will be held under a state of emergency order. >> yeah. they won't be like the usual ones, that's for sure. blake essig in tokyo. appreciate it. good to see you. thanks. >>> now, police in bangladesh are investigating an enormous fire that officials say killed 52 people, at least. the flames broke out on thursday at a juice factory. firefighters finally getting it under control the next day. but many factories in

it happened in the seaside town of atami, shizuoka prefecture. here is another scene in another seaside town, a raging river, rain in the region has already exceeded the average for the month of july. the torrential rains also caused major flooding's. rescue staff waited in through 5' of water, looking for and what you might be stranded. >>> on the fire watch, cruise are on the scene of a vegetation fire in pleasanton last night. the wildfire camera watching the so-called golf fire. it broke out near the callippe preserve golf course, scorching nearly 35 acres. firefighters managed to get the fire under control around 11:30 last night, there were no reports of anyone who was injured. >>> two wildfires in north carolina for you are now partially continued. north of reading, the fire has destroyed at least a dozen homes. cooler temperatures are aiding firefighters, they now have at least 5% complete. a separate fire at the foot of mount shasta, the wildfire, is now 26% contained. it has burned more than 23,000 acres. >>> we are tracking a fire at t