Police rescue personnel searching for missing people in debris washed away from flooding along the Tsukada river following heavy rain in Wajima city on Sept 23, 2024. - AFP
WAJIMA: Rescuers combed the debris-strewn banks of a river in central Japan on Monday (Sept 23), 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.
