Due to the stagnant front, Kyushu has experienced record heavy rainfall in various parts of western and eastern Japan, with more than half of the annual rainfall in the past week.
It is raining very heavily in Kyushu, and it is expected that it will rain very heavily in the Chugoku region on the 19th, and even if the rain weakens once, it will intensify again, and the risk of disaster may increase sharply.
Please be very careful about sediment-related disasters and continue to stay in a safe place.
West / East Japan Rain intensifies again
According to the Japan Meteorological Agency, due to the warm and moist air flowing toward the stagnant front, rain is intensifying mainly in Kyushu and Tokai during this time.
In the hour until 1:00 am,
we observed extremely heavy rain
of 67 mm in Kamae, Saiki City
,
Oita Prefecture
, 57 mm in Kitaura, Nobeoka City
,
Miyazaki Prefecture
, and 36 mm with a rain gauge installed in Chiryu City
,
Aichi Prefecture. I observed heavy rain in.
Due to the rain that has fallen so far, the risk of sediment-related disasters has become extremely high in Kagoshima, Kumamoto, Saga, and Tokushima prefectures, and there are areas where "sediment-related disaster warning information" has been announced.
Total rainfall is close to 1300 mm and annual rainfall is more than half
In addition, the rainfall from the beginning of the rain on the 11th of this month to 1:00 am reached
1291 mm
in Unsendake
,
Nagasaki Prefecture
, 1178.5 mm in Ureshino City
,
Saga Prefecture
, 1042 mm in Yamaga City
,
Kumamoto Prefecture
, and 551 mm
in Miiri
,
Hiroshima City.
In Ureshino City, etc., the annual rainfall has already exceeded half of the average year.
Future forecast
It is a future outlook.
Due to the strong cold air flowing into the sky, it is expected that the atmosphere will continue to be extremely unstable. In the Tokai region, there is a risk of extremely heavy rain of 50 mm or more per hour.
The amount of rain in 24 hours until the evening of 19th
is expected to be
150 mm
in
Shikoku and Tokai
, 120 mm in northern Kyushu and southern Kyushu, Chugoku region and Kinki,
and 80 mm in Kanto Koshin and Tohoku.
increase.
After that, in the 24 hours until the evening of the 20th, it will
rain
100 mm to 150 mm
in
Shikoku and Kinki,
and 50 mm to 100 mm
in
northern Kyushu and southern Kyushu, Chugoku region, Tokai, and Kanto Koshin.
It is expected.
In areas with record heavy rainfall, large amounts of water are still accumulated in the soil.
Once the rain has weakened, it can rain again very heavily, increasing the risk of disaster.
Stay alert and stay alert for sediment-related disasters such as cliff collapses and debris flows, as well as for low land inundation and sudden river flooding.
Please check the information released by the local government and spend your time in a safe place.