At least six people have been confirmed dead on Japan’s Noto Peninsula after floods struck an area still recovering from a major earthquake nine months ago.

Six people have been confirmed dead in the disaster — five in the city of Wajima and one in the city of Suzu — while at least eight remain missing or unaccounted for.

Rescue workers are searching for at least six people missing after heavy rain pounded Japan’s northcentral region of Noto, triggering landslides and floods and leaving one person dead in a