West Japan and Tokai Intermittently heavy rains Flooding of rivers also warns of vigilance July 16 at 16:19

Due to the influence of the front line, heavy rain is intermittently occurring in various parts of western Japan and Tokai. The risk of river floods and landslides continues to be high in various parts of the country, including northern Kyushu, where record heavy rains triggered temporary warnings. Please continue to be vigilant and alert according to the evacuation advisory issued by the local government.

According to the Japan Meteorological Agency, active fronts make the atmospheric conditions unstable over a wide area in western and eastern Japan, and rain clouds are developing in Kyushu and the Tokai during this time.

In one hour until 3:00 pm,
▽ Kumamoto Prefecture installed Amakusa City rain gauge 37 mm,
▽ Ministry of Land , Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism installed a rain gauge installed in Kirishima City Kagoshima Prefecture 31 mm of heavy rain, and
Tokai
However , ▽ A heavy rain of 31 mm fell in Nakatsugawa City , Gifu Prefecture.

48 hours of rainfall, the highest in the history of observation in various places

Rainfall for 48 hours until 3:00 pm is
656.5 mm at Tsubakigahana in Hita City, Oita Prefecture
, 519 mm at Omuta City, Fukuoka Prefecture
, 434 mm at Nagasaki Airport
, 345 mm at Kuno, Takayama City , Gifu Prefecture. Is also the highest in the history of observation.

The heavy rain special warning issued in Fukuoka prefecture, Saga prefecture, and Nagasaki prefecture was switched to the alarm before noon, but the record heavy rain caused flooding in Oita prefecture upstream in the Chikugo river. The risk of river floods and landslides continues to be high in many places.

Continue to be vigilant, as extremely heavy rains are expected in the future.

Please be safe and follow the evacuation advisories issued by the local government and keep yourself safe.

"Sediment disaster warning information" announced in 11 prefectures

The risk of sediment-related disasters has greatly increased due to the rains that have occurred up to now, and in Fukuoka prefecture, Saga prefecture, Nagasaki prefecture, Kumamoto prefecture, Oita prefecture, Hiroshima prefecture, Ehime prefecture, Nara prefecture, Gifu prefecture, Shizuoka prefecture, and Nagano prefecture, There are areas where "warning information" has been announced.

Also, in Fukuoka prefecture, Saga prefecture, Kumamoto prefecture, Yamaguchi prefecture, and Gifu prefecture, there are rivers that exceed the "flood risk water level".

Future outlook

The front line is expected to continue stagnation and remain vigorous, and there is a possibility that extremely heavy rain will be locally caused by lightning over a wide area from western Japan to Tohoku on the 8th.

The amount of rainfall during the 24 hours until noon on the 8th is high in both areas:
250 mm in northern Kyushu and Shikoku
, 200 mm in Tokai and Kanto Koshin
, 150 mm in southern Kyushu and Chugoku region, Kinki, and
Hokuriku It
is expected to be 130 mm in and ▽ 100 mm in Tohoku.

In addition, the rainfall for 48 hours until noon on the 9th is
▽ Tokai 300 to 450 mm,
▽ Shikoku 300 to 400 mm,
▽ Northern Kyushu and Kanto Koshin 250 to 350 mm,
▽ Southern Kyushu and Kinki 200 mm to 300 mm,
▽ 150 to 200 mm in Chugoku region and Hokuriku,
▽ 100 to 200 mm in Tohoku.

On 4th of this month, heavy rains may hit the affected areas of Kumamoto Prefecture and southern Kyushu where record heavy rains have occurred.

The risk of disasters is very high in areas where the ground is loose and river dikes are damaged, and the Meteorological Agency calls for vigilant attention to sediment-related disasters, river floods, and lowland inundation.