Japan Landslide Death Toll Rises to 15

TOKYO - The death toll in a landslide that hit the Japanese resort town of Atami has risen to 15, a local official said Sunday, as hundreds of rescuers continued the search for more than a dozen missing residents.

"Two more people were confirmed dead during the weekend, with the number of victims now totaling 15," disaster-management spokesperson Yuta Hara told AFP. Fourteen people remain unaccounted for, the official said. Dozens of homes were swept away when a landslide descended on the resort town in several violent waves on July 3.