Along with his mother, wife and their one-and-half-year-old child, who were inside the house, were also trapped in the
mudslide, reported added.
Civilians in central and eastern Japan have been told to stay alert for
mudslides, flooding, lightning strikes, strong gusts and overflowing rivers as around 100 to 130 millimetres of rain is expected to lash the region before Friday morning.
Mudslides are common during Colombia's rainy season.
The illicit miners got trapped beneath the earth on February 9th as a result of underground mining when the
mudslides forcibly buried them.
Relatives have been receiving calls and texts from trapped loved ones - two days after the
mudslide hit on Thursday.
Local villagers say as many as 200 people could be buried in the
mudslide triggered by the magnitude 7.8 earthquake on April 25.
The tragic
mudslide in March in Darrington, Washington that killed at least 37 people with some still unaccounted for at this writing, has an insurance aspect.