One Dead, 7 Missing as Heavy Rains Trigger Floods in Central Japan

One person was killed and at least seven were missing on Saturday, officials said, as "unprecedented" rains triggered floods and landslides in Japan's quake-hit region of Ishikawa, where authorities told tens of thousands to evacuate.

A dozen rivers in the region, on the west coast of central Japan that was hit by a large quake on New Year's Day, had burst their banks. About 60 people have been working to restore a road hit by the quake but a landslide occurred.

Rescue workers were on their way to the site but were "blocked by landslides. Many buildings were inundated, with landslides blocking roads, some 6,000 households without power and an unknown number of households without running water.