Slip sliding away... 14 dead in landslides

[Taro Toporific]

I was in partaking in the 'morning service' at an old-style coffee shop this morning and the Japanese patrons watching NHK TV were visibly grieving for these faraway Japanese. I was impressed their tears.

Death toll in mudslides in southern Japan rises to 14
MSNBC - July 21
Rescuers with shovels and earth moving machines lifted away debris in the search for seven people, including a 9-month-old baby, unaccounted for in the ...