Wajima, Japan - September 22, 2024 Heavy rain caused extensive flooding in central Japan over the weekend, with at least one person reported dead and several more unaccounted for. Officials said ...

Wajima, Japan - September 21, 2024 Heavy rain caused extensive flooding in central Japan over the weekend, with at least one person reported dead and several more unaccounted for. Officials said ...

A woman's body was found near a river in Wajima city ... waves and sparked a major fire. Japan is prone to natural disasters and routinely faces serious flooding and landslide damages.

In all, six of those killed were in the city of Wajima ... The flooding from the recent rainfall has overwhelmed emergency shelters housing victims of the 1 January earthquake, NHK Japan reported.

Video has emerged showing the moment a group of people escaped a massive landslide in Wajima, Japan. The footage ... The elephants were evacuated from flash flooding at a sanctuary near Chiang ...

Rescuers combed the debris-strewn banks of a river in central Japan ... city of Wajima over 72 hours -- the heaviest continuous rain since comparative data became available. The flooding disaster ...

The Japan Meteorological Agency had issued a special heavy rainfall warning for Wajima, Suzu and Noto on ... Schools are also difficult to use due to flooding above floor level and the resumption ...

Now, the same central Japan area has been hit by torrential downpours ... On Saturday, a landslide engulfed an area near a Wajima tunnel where workers were repairing damage from the New Year's ...

Japanese authorities have ordered tens of thousands of people to evacuate after major flooding ... The Japan Meteorological Agency issued the highest level of alert for heavy rain across several ...

Wajima, Japan: Rescuers combed the debris-strewn banks of a river in central Japan on Monday, searching for drowning victims after homes were swept away in flooding and landslides that claimed at ...

Deadly flooding and landslides due to torrential ... are delivering rice and portable toilets to districts in Wajima now that the weather has improved. In western and southern Japan, over 100,000 ...