3 die, 2 of 5 family members rescued after central Japan landslide

Three of five family members died while two were rescued with injuries after a landslide caused by heavy rain hit their house in Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, local government officials said Thursday.The natural disaster occurred in Gamagori late Tuesday after a record-breaking amount of rain in the city, the Nagoya meteorological observatory said, as Typhoon Shanshan approached the country's main islands.According to firefighters and the city, a couple in their 70s and their adult children -- a son in his 30s and two daughters in their 40s -- were inside the two-story wooden house at th…READ FULL ARTICLE