Search efforts resumed at around 7 a.m. on Sept. 24 here in the city's Futegawamachi area for those missing in the record-breaking torrential rain that engulfed the Noto Peninsula over the weekend.

At least six people have been confirmed dead on Japan’s Noto Peninsula after floods struck an area still recovering from a major earthquake nine months ago.

Officials say heavy rain has pounded Japan’s northcentral region of Noto which triggered landslides and floods and left one person dead and several missing.