1 feared dead in Mt. Norikura avalanche in central Japan
The body of a man was found following an avalanche Sunday on Mt. Norikura on the border of Nagano and Gifu prefectures in central Japan, with two other people injured, local police said. Photo taken from a Kyodo News plane shows the area where an avalanche caught five people on Mt. Norikura in Matsumoto in Nagano Prefecture, central Japan, on March 14, 2021. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
Five people were caught in the avalanche that occurred around 10 a.m. on the Nagano side of the mountain but the two others were uninjured, according to the police.