Due to the stagnant front, it is raining very heavily again in Kyushu, and strict caution is required for sediment-related disasters and river flooding.
Extremely heavy rains are expected to occur in various parts of western and eastern Japan other than Kyushu, which has been a record heavy rain, over the 17th, and the risk of disasters may increase sharply at night.
Please check the evacuation information of the local government and move to a safe place to spend your time.
Rain intensifies again in Kyushu Intermittently very heavy rain
According to the Japan Meteorological Agency, the activity of the stagnant fronts has become active near Japan, and rain clouds that have re-developed from the sea in the west have flowed into Kyushu, and it is raining intermittently and extremely heavily.
In the hour until 6:00 pm, Kagoshima Prefecture observed heavy rain of 42 mm with a rain gauge installed in Eichokori Town, Minamikyushu City.
In Saga, Kumamoto, Nagasaki, and Kagoshima prefectures, the risk of sediment-related disasters is extremely high, and there are areas where "sediment-related disaster warning information" has been announced.
Total rainfall over 1000 mm, more than 3 times the amount for one month
Record heavy rainfall has occurred in various parts of western and eastern Japan, and the rainfall since the beginning of the rainfall on the 11th of this month exceeded 1000 mm in Ureshino City, Saga Prefecture, reaching more than 45% of the annual rainfall in less than a week. I am.
The maximum rainfall in 72 hours was 848.5 mm at Unsendake in Nagasaki Prefecture, 750.5 mm in Yamaga City, Kumamoto Prefecture, 729.5 mm in Omuta City, Fukuoka Prefecture, 501 mm in Miiri, Hiroshima City, and 395.5 mm in Nagiso Town, Nagano Prefecture. All of them are the most in the history of observation, and in most places, they are more than three times as much as the average month of August.
In areas with heavy rainfall such as Kyushu and Hiroshima prefecture, a large amount of water is accumulated in the soil, and if it rains again before the water is completely drained, it will rain less than usual, and in a short time, sediment-related disasters and river flooding will occur. Inundation of low land can also occur.
It is difficult to check the surrounding conditions. It may rain heavily at night, and the risk of disaster may increase sharply, so strict caution is required.
Please pay attention to the evacuation information of the local government and the sediment-related disaster warning information, and move to a safe place before the situation worsens.
The front stagnates near Japan around Friday
It is a future outlook.
A low pressure system on the front line to the west of Kyushu is expected to advance to the Sea of Japan, and in Kyushu it will rain even more in the dark at dawn on the 17th, and there is a risk of extremely heavy rain over a wide area from western Japan to northern Japan.
The amount of rain in the 24 hours until the evening of the 17th is expected to be ▽ northern and southern Kyushu, 250 mm in Shikoku ▽ 200 mm in the Chugoku region ▽ 120 mm in Kinki and Tokai.
After that, the 24-hour rainfall until the evening of the 18th was ▽ 200 mm to 300 mm in Shikoku and Tokai, ▽ 100 mm to 200 mm in Kinki, ▽ 100 mm in northern and southern Kyushu, the Chugoku region, Kanto Koshin, and Hokuriku. From 150 mm ▽ It is expected to be 50 to 100 mm in Tokai.
The front will stagnate near Japan around Friday, 20th, and rainfall is expected to increase further in various places.
Check the evacuation information released by the local government and use hazard maps to evacuate to a safe place as soon as possible, and those who have already evacuated will continue to stay in a safe place. Please spend your time.
In addition, in past disasters, there were cases where the voice of a family member saved lives. If you have family members or acquaintances in an area where heavy rain is expected, please call to encourage them to move to a safe place.