Northern Kyushu to be suspicious of heavy rains

Northern Kyushu, fear of heavy rain in the future Be alert for landslide disasters, August 29, 11:57

In northern Kyushu, where there is a record heavy rain, there may be intermittent heavy rain over the 30th. There is a place where the ground is loose due to the rain so far, and it is necessary to keep an eye out for landslide disasters.

According to the Japan Meteorological Agency, due to the influence of the front line extending from west Japan to the eastern Japan, rain clouds developed from the morning of the 29th in the north of Kyushu flowed, and very heavy rain fell intermittently.

In Saga and Nagasaki prefectures, the amount of rain that has fallen in the last 48 hours reaches around 400 mm.

The Japan Meteorological Agency announced at 9 am, “Iki City, Nagasaki Prefecture has a record heavy rain once every 50 years”.

In Saga Prefecture, Nagasaki Prefecture, and Fukuoka Prefecture, the risk of landslide disasters has increased greatly, and there are areas where “Sediment Disaster Warning Information” has been published. In Yamaguchi Prefecture, there is a risk of flooding. Some rivers have exceeded the very high “flooding hazard level”.

The front line is expected to remain stagnant from western Japan to northern Japan, and the atmosphere will continue to be unstable over a wide range, including northern Kyushu, over the 30th.

The amount of rain that falls in the 24 hours until noon on the 30th is expected to be 150 mm in the northern part of Kyushu, 100 mm in the Hokuriku area, 80 mm in the Chugoku region, and it is expected that the rainfall will increase in the northern part of Kyushu and Hokuriku thereafter. .

The Japan Meteorological Agency is wary of earth and sand disasters, inundation of low land, and flooding of rivers, and calls for attention to storms such as lightning and tornadoes.