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Death Toll Rises to 9 after Heavy Rain on Noto Peninsula

Death Toll Rises to 9 after Heavy Rain on Noto Peninsula

   Wajima, Ishikawa Pref., Sept. 25 (Jiji Press)--The death toll after last weekend's heavy rain that hit the northern part of the Noto Peninsula in Ishikawa Prefecture, central Japan, rose to nine on Wednesday.
   A woman's body was found in the city of Wajima Wednesday morning.
   Forty-six communities, mainly in Wajima, were isolated as of 4 p.m. Tuesday, according to the prefecture.
   A total of 621 people were taking shelters at evacuation centers in 37 locations in Wajima, the city of Suzu and the town of Noto.
   Some 2,900 households were without electricity, and water supplies were cut to about 5,200 households.

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