WAJIMA (Ishikawa Pref.): The death toll after last weekend’s heavy rain that caused floods and landslides in the northern part of the Noto Peninsula in Ishikawa Prefecture, central Japan, rose to 11 on Wednesday.

A woman’s body was found in the city of Wajima on Wednesday morning. Also in the city, another body was discovered on the coast and yet another body in a different costal area.

The three added to the six deaths already confirmed in Wajima and the two in the city of Suzu.

As of 3 p.m. Wednesday, a total of 157 people were isolated at 16 locations in seven districts, according to the prefecture.

At evacuation centers in 31 locations in Wajima, Suzu and the town of Noto, all in the northern part of the peninsula, 514 people were taking shelter.

Some 1,700 households were without electricity, while water supplies were cut to about 5,000 households.

Ishikawa Governor Hiroshi Hase said that he will ask the national government to promptly designate the heavy rain as an extremely severe disaster eligible for expanded state aid for postdisaster restoration projects.

JIJI Press