Japan landslide: 20 missing in Atami city
Twenty people are missing in central Japan after a huge landslide hit Atami city following heavy rainfall. Video on social media showed a torrent of black mud plummeting down from a mountain top and on through the city towards the sea. Several houses were destroyed or buried. Kyodo news agency reports that the bodies of […]
Canada heatwave: Lightning triggers wildfires in British Columbia
More than 130 wildfires – fuelled by lightning strikes – are burning across western Canada following a record-breaking heatwave. Canada’s federal government said it would send military aircraft to help emergency workers battling to control the fires in British Columbia. Earlier this week, people had to flee the village of Lytton in the province. Lytton, […]
