The eastern part of Japan is on alert due to heavy rains in the region these days. caused at least one death and prompted officials to recommend it. evacuation of more than one million people.
Japanese weather officials warned that record-breaking downpours in various parts of the country would continue through the weekend, sounding a major alarm this Saturday morning in Tokyo, Kanagawa, Shizuoka, Chiba, Ibaraki and the southeast provinces. Saitama’s. These precipitations are caused by a combination of various phenomena in the Pacific, including the tropical storm Mawar, which is derived from this season’s second typhoon.
At 9:45 am (00:45 GMT) local time, the storm was located in the waters of the Pacific Ocean, about 200 kilometers southwest of the Japanese volcanic island of Aogashima, and was moving east-northeast at 50 kilometers per hour. . .
At least one person died in the storm, a man of sixty He was found in his car with water on the roof. According to the details released by the public channel NHK, it is in a growing area in Toyohashi city (Aichi prefecture, centre). According to figures from the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA), precipitation reached a record volume of 419 millimeters in 24 hours.
In the city of Kimino in Wakayama prefecture (centre), two missing, a man and a woman whose cars were swept away by the rushing rivers yesterday. Local authorities were still searching for the vehicles today. So far, a dozen injuries have been recorded, most of them minor, when struck to the ground by strong winds.
Precipitation caused floods and inundations in some settlements and roads. In the aforementioned Toyohashi, flooding caused vehicle breakdowns that challenged extreme driving conditions and caused traffic jams, and some residents made emergency calls after being isolated from their homes due to rising rivers. This city was one of those who recommended civil evacuation due to the risk of flooding. These warnings began to affect up to a million people at any given time.
In parts of Tokyo and municipalities near the capital, sirens were also activated at dawn to warn of the risk of flooding, spooking residents. In the city of Toyokawa (Aichi), rain caused the asphalt of some roads to crack and collapse, exposing underground pipe networks. The storm also affected Enoshima Aquarium, an island on the outskirts of Tokyo, where the roof of the dolphin show facilities was partially torn off.
The storm continued today, dropping intermittent rain in Saitama and Kanagawa, as well as in the surrounding Chiba and Ibaraki prefectures. several rivers risked overflowingTherefore, caution is required. Precipitation reached record volumes in various parts of the country, including Kumamoto (southwest), with 497.5 millimeters per 24 hours; tuff (centre) with 490.5 mm; and Koshigaya, in Saitama prefecture (north of Tokyo), with 260.5mm recorded in the capital, with 218mm being recorded most intensely in June.
While approximately 270 flights were canceled the previous day, airport operations have returned to normal today. The high-speed ‘shinkansen’ Tokaido line connecting Tokyo and Osaka (west) was also suspended, but the operating company reported a full resumption of service at noon.