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Record rainfall has brought deadly flooding and landslides to a coastal region of Japan still recovering from a devastating New Year’s Day earthquake.. Japan’s weather agency issued its ...
The storm moved eastward through Japan today, and national broadcaster NHK reported record levels of rainfall, with the storm taking the roof off of several houses and flooding roads in the southwest.
Former Typhoon Shanshan, now a rainstorm, is moving slowly up the island nation of Japan, bringing feet of rain, triggering landslides and unleashing tornadoes. The storm is far from over, however ...
Mabi, Kurashiki, Okayama In late June through mid-July 2018, successive heavy downpours in southwestern Japan resulted in widespread, devastating floods and mudflows.The event is officially referred to as Heisei san-jū-nen shichi-gatsu gōu (平成30年7月豪雨, "Heavy rain of July, Heisei 30") by the Japan Meteorological Agency. [1]
Nearly a week after the flooding had begun, some roads were already reopened over in some communities in the Fukuoka Prefecture. [29] During July 12, the Japanese prime minister Shinzō Abe canceled a trip to Estonia for a European tour and instead visited devastated places over in the Kyushu region to view the damage and console residents. He ...
Etau as an extratropical cyclone over the Sea of Japan on September 10 with a frontal boundary extending from the cyclone across eastern Honshu. Severe Tropical Storm Kilo can be seen to the southeast of Ex-Etau. Record rains fell across many areas in eastern Japan, with more than 12 in (300 mm) reported in much of eastern Honshu. [12]
FUKUOKA/YUFU, Japan (Reuters) -Typhoon Shanshan soaked large swathes of Japan with torrential rain on Friday, prompting warnings for flooding and landslides hundreds of miles from the storm's ...
Japan has extreme wet seasons which last approximately 7.2 months from March to October. [10] The typhoon season is usually between July and October. [2] In Atami, within this period, there is a 32% chance of precipitation, each day. [10] June has been highlighted as the most wet month with an average of 13.3 days having rainfall. However ...