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.After the skies finally cleared, police and firefighters from across Japan were joined by residents and the father of a 14-year-old girl who is one of seven people still missing or whose status remains unknown.
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 PhotoPublic broadcaster NHK and other Japanese media outlets said six people were dead.A fire department official told AFP that one had died and five were in 'cardio-respiratory arrest,' a term used in Japan before a feared death can be confirmed by a doctor.
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