Floods in central Japan claims 6 lives

By Agence France-Presse

Sep 24, 2024 12:12 am

WAJIMA, Japan — Rescue workers scoured the trash-strewn banks of a river in central Japan on Monday, searching for victims after homes were swept away in flooding and landslides that claimed at least six lives.

The river on the Noto Peninsula — an area still reeling from a devastating earthquake in January — overflowed at the weekend, becoming a muddy torrent that inundated roads and a remote hamlet.

FULL OF HOPE A father searches for his missing 14-year-old daughter among debris washed away by flooding along the Tsukada river in Wajima city, Ishikawa prefecture, on Sept. 23, 2024. AFP Photo

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