Heavy rainfall triggered flash flooding in several municipalities on the Noto Peninsula in Ishikawa Prefecture on Saturday, September 21, leaving one person dead and 10 missing as of Sunday. The Japan Meteorological Agency issued an emergency rain warning,

The Japan Meteorological Agency issued the highest level of heavy rain across several cities in the Ishikawa prefecture, including hard-hit cities Suzu and Wajima on the northern coast of the Noto peninsula.

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.