Hiroshima Landslide Kills at Least 36

Japan Self-Defense Force soldiers and police officers carry the body of a victim in a plastic bag at a site where a landslide swept through a residential area at Asaminami ward in Hiroshima, western Japan, Aug. 20, 2014.

Damage caused by a landslide after heavy rains hit the city of Hiroshima, western Japan, on Aug. 20, 2014.

Japan Self-Defense Force soldiers search for survivors at the site of a landslide at Asaminami ward in Hiroshima, Aug. 20, 2014.

People evacuate by rubber boat in Asaminami Ward in Hiroshima, western Japan, on Aug. 20, 2014.

Cars damaged by a landslide lie in mud and debris after heavy rains hit the city of Hiroshima, western Japan, on Aug. 20, 2014.

This aerial view shows rescue workers looking for survivors at the site of a landslide after heavy rains hit the city of Hiroshima, western Japan, on Aug. 20, 2014.

Japan Ground Self-Defense Force members conduct rescue operations at a destroyed house after landslides on Aug. 20, 2014 in Hiroshima, Japan.

A dog takes a rest under a destroyed house at a site where a landslide swept through a residential area at Asaminami ward in Hiroshima, western Japan, Aug. 20, 2014.