Rescue Workers Continue Search for Typhoon Survivors in Japan

Members of Ground Self-Defense Force, firefighters and police officers continue the search for missing people among the debris of houses destroyed by a landslide caused by heavy rain delivered by Typhoon Talas on September 6, 2011 in Tanabe, Wakayama, Japan. Rescue teams and aid are being brought into the area in the aftermath of the tropical storm which hit western Japan over the weekend, leaving 42 people confirmed dead and over 50 people still missing. (Photo by Buddhika Weerasinghe)

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A firefighter puts a mask during a members of Ground Self-Defense Force, firefighters and police officers continue the search for missing people among the debris of houses destroyed by a landslide caused by heavy rain delivered by Typhoon Talas on September 6, 2011 in Tanabe, Wakayama, Japan.Rescue teams and aid are being brought into the area in the aftermath of the tropical storm which hit western Japan over the weekend, leaving 42 people confirmed dead and over 50 people still missing. (Photo by Buddhika Weerasinghe)

A mountain shows damage from a landslide caused by Typhoon Talas on September 5, 2011 in Tanabe, Wakayama, Japan. (Photo by Buddhika Weerasinghe)

Members of Ground Self-Defense Force, firefighters and police officers continue the search for missing people among the debris of houses destroyed by a landslide caused by heavy rain delivered by Typhoon Talas on September 6, 2011 in Tanabe, Wakayama, Japan. Rescue teams and aid are being brought into the area in the aftermath of the tropical storm which hit western Japan over the weekend, leaving 42 people confirmed dead and over 50 people still missing. (Photo by Buddhika Weerasinghe)

Members of Ground Self-Defense Force, firefighters and police officers continue the search for missing people among the debris of houses destroyed by a landslide caused by heavy rain delivered by Typhoon Talas on September 6, 2011 in Tanabe, Wakayama, Japan. Rescue teams and aid are being brought into the area in the aftermath of the tropical storm which hit western Japan over the weekend, leaving 42 people confirmed dead and over 50 people still missing. (Photo by Buddhika Weerasinghe)

Members of Ground Self-Defense Force, firefighters and police officers continue the search for missing people among the debris of houses destroyed by a landslide caused by heavy rain delivered by Typhoon Talas on September 6, 2011 in Tanabe, Wakayama, Japan. Rescue teams and aid are being brought into the area in the aftermath of the tropical storm which hit western Japan over the weekend, leaving 42 people confirmed dead and over 50 people still missing. (Photo by Buddhika Weerasinghe)

A firefighter carries documents found among the debris of houses destroyed by a landslide caused by heavy rain delivered by Typhoon Talas on September 6, 2011 in Tanabe, Wakayama, Japan. Rescue teams and aid are being brought into the area in the aftermath of the tropical storm which hit western Japan over the weekend, leaving 42 people confirmed dead and over 50 people still missing. (Photo by Buddhika Weerasinghe)

Members of Ground Self-Defense Force, firefighters and police officers continue the search for missing people among the debris of houses destroyed by a landslide caused by heavy rain delivered by Typhoon Talas on September 6, 2011 in Tanabe, Wakayama, Japan. Rescue teams and aid are being brought into the area in the aftermath of the tropical storm which hit western Japan over the weekend, leaving 42 people confirmed dead and over 50 people still missing. (Photo by Buddhika Weerasinghe)

Members of Ground Self-Defense Force, firefighters and police officers continue the search for missing people among the debris of houses destroyed by a landslide caused by heavy rain delivered by Typhoon Talas on September 6, 2011 in Tanabe, Wakayama, Japan. Rescue teams and aid are being brought into the area in the aftermath of the tropical storm which hit western Japan over the weekend, leaving 42 people confirmed dead and over 50 people still missing. (Photo by Buddhika Weerasinghe)

A mountain shows damage from a landslide caused by Typhoon Talas on September 5, 2011 in Tanabe, Wakayama, Japan. (Photo by Buddhika Weerasinghe)

Firefighters return after doing rescue work in an area damaged by a landslide caused by Typhoon Talas on September 5, 2011 in Tanabe, Wakayama, Japan. (Photo by Buddhika Weerasinghe)

People search for their belongings after a landslide caused by Typhoon Talas on September 5, 2011 in Tanabe, Wakayama, Japan. (Photo by Buddhika Weerasinghe)

Members of the Ground Self-Defense Force  return after doing rescue work in an area damaged by a landslide caused by Typhoon Talas on September 5, 2011 in Tanabe, Wakayama, Japan. (Photo by Buddhika Weerasinghe)

Members of the Ground Self-Defense Force  return after doing rescue work in an area damaged by a landslide caused by Typhoon Talas on September 5, 2011 in Tanabe, Wakayama, Japan. (Photo by Buddhika Weerasinghe)

Members of the Ground Self-Defense Force  return after doing rescue work in an area damaged by a landslide caused by Typhoon Talas on September 5, 2011 in Tanabe, Wakayama, Japan. (Photo by Buddhika Weerasinghe)

Members of Ground Self-Defense Force, firefighters and police officers continue the search for missing people among the debris of houses destroyed by a landslide caused by heavy rain delivered by Typhoon Talas on September 6, 2011 in Tanabe, Wakayama, Japan. Rescue teams and aid are being brought into the area in the aftermath of the tropical storm which hit western Japan over the weekend, leaving 42 people confirmed dead and over 50 people still missing. (Photo by Buddhika Weerasinghe)

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