TOKYO (Reuters) – Document rainfall on Saturday hit central Japan’s Noto area, which was devastated by a serious earthquake in January, prompting evacuation orders for tens of 1000’s of residents and inflicting an influence outage for greater than 5,000 households.
In Wajima metropolis, two individuals had been lacking, and requires rescue had been swamping the native fireplace division, public broadcaster NHK reported.
Hourly rainfall got here to a document 121mm (4.8 inches) on Saturday morning in Wajima, whereas neighbouring Suzu noticed 84.5mm in an hour, additionally an all-time excessive.
TV footage confirmed brown floodwater turning streets into rivers in Wajima, with automobiles half submerged.
Suzu, Wajima and surrounding areas are nonetheless recovering from a 7.6 magnitude quake that struck the area on Jan. 1 and killed greater than 300 individuals.
