TOKYO -- Unprecedented rainfall has left six people dead in Japan's Ishikawa Prefecture, with 10 remaining unaccounted for, local media reported. Two people, one in Noto Town and one in Suzu City, were swept away by a river and their whereabouts remained unknown, according to public broadcaster NHK, citing information from local police.

Officials say heavy rain has pounded Japan’s northcentral region of Noto which triggered landslides and floods and left one person dead and several missing.

One person is dead and seven others are missing in Noto Peninsula, state media reported. The region is still recovering from a catastrophic earthquake earlier this year.

One person has died and seven others are missing, officials said, after "unprecedented" rains caused floods and landslides in the coastal quake-hit region of Ishikawa in northern 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.

One died and at least six others went missing following unprecedented rainfall in Japan's Ishikawa prefecture on Saturday, local media reported. The Japan Meteorological Agency issued an emergency heavy rain warning for the area,

At least one person was killed and several others missing after torrential rains caused flooding in a northern Japan coastal region still recovering from a deadly earthquake that struck at the start of this year.

The Japan Meteorological Agency issued the highest level of alert for heavy rain across several cities in the Ishikawa prefecture, including hard-hit cities Suzu and Wajima on the northern coast of the Noto peninsula.