Mother, 2 kids die in central Japan mudslide as heavy rain continues

A mother and her two children died and two people were injured Sunday when a house was apparently hit by a mudslide in central Japan, as heavy rain continued to pound wide areas of the country.A fireman patrolling the area in Okaya, Nagano Prefecture, around 5:30 a.m. called emergency services after seeing the house filled with soil and sand, and people stuck on the second floor. According to the local fire department, five of the eight people in the house at the time were taken to hospital.The three, found showing no vital signs and later confirmed dead, were named as Yuki Makibuchi, 41, a…READ FULL ARTICLE