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A man crosses a bridge as he takes photographs of a swollen river due to heavy rain in Anamizu town of Ishikawa prefecture on September 22, 2024. Anamizu, Japan—Heavy rain lashed central Japan on Sunday, with floods and landslides leaving one dead and at least six missing in an area already devastated by a major earthquake earlier this year.
Landslides blocked roads and widespread flooding affected homes—including eight temporary housing complexes in Wajima and Suzu where victims of the magnitude-7.5 earthquake on January 1 are residing. In Anamizu, more rain fell Sunday onto quake-damaged houses and the shattered stone columns of a shrine still lying on the ground months after they were toppled.
Scientists say human-driven climate change is intensifying the risk posed by heavy rains because a warmer atmosphere holds more water. Footage on public broadcaster NHK showed an entire street submerged in Wajima, one of the areas hardest hit by the huge New Year’s Day quake, which toppled buildings, ripped up roads and sparked a major fire.
Another three people were missing who had been working for the land ministry to restore a road in Wajima, local ministry official Yoshiyuki Tokuhashi told AFP.
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