Rescue workers in Japan dig through the thick cloying mud with shovels.
A deadly landslide on Wednesday turned this neighbourhood in northern Hiroshima into a mangled heap of rubble and sludge.
The torrential rain that caused this began on Wednesday, when a month's rain fell in one night.
The rain has delayed the search and now rescuers are afraid it could set off more landslides.
Buildings and homes were demolished. Whole families were buried alive.
This woman weeps as she learns that a neighbour's child was found dead.
(SOUNDBITE) (Japanese) JAPAN RESCUE ASSOCIATION, TAKERU OKA, SAYING:
"It could be said in any disasters, but the extent of the damage here is bigger than we first through from the initial reports. Even looking at the disaster site, it's still not possibly to fully grasp the full extent of the disaster, and as a result, the numbers of missing keeps increasing."
Many residents take refuge at local schools, where clothes an
