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(Update 2) Death Toll from Noto Peninsula Rain Rises to 10

(Update 2) Death Toll from Noto Peninsula Rain Rises to 10

   Wajima, Ishikawa Pref., Sept. 25 (Jiji Press)--The death toll after last weekend's heavy rain that caused floods and landslides in the northern part of the Noto Peninsula in Ishikawa Prefecture, central Japan, rose to 10 on Wednesday.
   A woman's body was found in the city of Wajima on Wednesday morning. Another body was found on the coast in the city the same day. They added to the six deaths already confirmed in Wajima and the two in the city of Suzu.
   As of 3 p.m. Wednesday, a total of 157 people were isolated at 16 locations in seven districts, according to the prefecture.
   At evacuation centers in 31 locations in Wajima, Suzu and the town of Noto, all in the northern part of the peninsula, 514 people were taking shelter.
   Some 1,700 households were without electricity, while water supplies were cut to about 5,000 households.

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