Six people have died after a record amount of rain triggered flooding and landslides in a coastal region in Japan still recovering from a deadly earthquake earlier this year, according to local authorities.

The rain, which drenched Noto Peninsula in western Japan on Saturday, washed away people and homes, the national broadcaster NHK reported. In western and southern Japan, evacuations were ordered for more than 100,000 people, and the government issued some of the most severe emergency warnings for heavy rain. The warning was downgraded on Sunday, and some people have started returning home.

Five people were killed in Wajima City, and another in nearby Suzu City, local officials said.

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