A woman’s body was found in Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, on Sept. 25, raising the death toll to nine from destruction caused by record torrential rain over the weekend on the Noto Peninsula.

Record rains in central Japan's Noto region, still recovering from a major New Year's Day earthquake, killed at least one person on Saturday, prompted evacuation orders for tens of thousands and caused blackouts for more than 6,

Not only in Central Europe do floods and human tragedies occur. In the Japanese prefecture of Ishikawa, record rainfall has caused flooding and landslides, tragically resulting in fatalities. The cities most affected were Wajima and Suzu,