Over 400 people still living in shelters month after record rain in Noto region

TOKYO, Oct. 21 (Xinhua) -- Over 400 people remained evacuated in Japan's Ishikawa prefecture one month after record-breaking downpours caused floods and landslides in many parts of the Noto peninsula, local media reported Monday.

As of last Friday, 434 residents were living in shelters in the cities of Wajima and Suzu, and the town of Noto in the central Japan prefecture, including those who had moved to accommodation facilities for temporary stays in a practice called secondary evacuation, the public broadcaster NHK reported.