AK<p><a href="https://bbc.com/news/articles/c20pkwd4dg2o" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bbc.com/news/articles/c20pkwd4</span><span class="invisible">dg2o</span></a></p><p>One dead and several missing after 'unprecedented' rains in Japan (BBC, 2024-09-21)<br>———</p><p>“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.”</p><p>“Wajima and Suzu, in central Japan's Noto peninsula, were among the areas hardest hit by a huge 7.5 magnitude earthquake on New Years Day that killed at least 236 people.<br>“The region is still recovering from the powerful quake which had toppled buildings, ripped up roads and sparked a major fire.”</p><p>This slow recovering is mainly due to reluctance and incompetence of both the local & national government. </p><p><a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/Noto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Noto</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/ManMadeDisaster" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ManMadeDisaster</span></a></p>