Floodwaters inundated emergency housing built for those who had lost their homes in the Jan 1 earthquake, which killed at least 374 people, according to the Ishikawa regional government. “I have to start over, through another cold winter,” 76-year-old former sushi chef Shoichi Miyakoshi, whose wife was killed in a 2007 earthquake, said.

Floods and human tragedies do not occur solely in Central Europe. In the Japanese prefecture of Ishikawa, record rainfall has led to flooding and landslides, resulting in fatalities. The cities most severely affected are Wajima and Suzu,

Six people have been killed and 10 others missing after record rainfall caused floods and landslides in parts of Japan's Ishikawa prefecture. The cities of Wajima and Suzu, which are still recovering from a deadly earthquake that devastated the area on 1 January,