One person has died and several people are missing after record rainfall brought flooding and landslides to coastal Japan, in the same region that was hit by a massive earthquake on New Year’s Day, local authorities said.

Ishikawa is still reeling from a magnitude-7.5 quake earlier this year, which toppled buildings, triggered tsunamis and sparked a major fire.

The death toll from record levels of rainfall that hit the northern part of Japan’s Noto Peninsula has risen to seven, authorities said on Monday.Deadly flooding and landslides due to torrential rains have left a trail of destruction in Ishikawa prefecture,