Heavy rain in Tohoku Kyushu is expected to strengthen again

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Due to the active front, there is intermittent heavy rain in the Tohoku region. In Kyushu, it is expected that the rain will intensify again, so please be vigilant against sediment-related disasters and river floods, and secure your safety as soon as possible.

According to the Japan Meteorological Agency, atmospheric conditions have become unstable over a wide area from western Japan to Tohoku due to the active front and low pressure in the Sea of ​​Japan, and rain clouds have developed locally in Tohoku and Kyushu.

In 1 hour until 4:30 am, we observed a heavy rain of 31.5 mm in Tono City, Iwate Prefecture. There are rivers in Iwate Prefecture that have exceeded the "flood risk water level" due to rain.

Also, from the evening of the 11th to the morning of the 12th, extremely intense local rains occurred in Shizuoka prefecture, Kanagawa prefecture and in Kumamoto prefecture, Gifu prefecture and Nagano prefecture which were hit by record heavy rain.

▽ In Nagano prefecture, the rainfall gauge installed by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism in Oshika village is 70 mm per hour until 10:00 pm on the 11th, ▽ In Kanagawa prefecture 50.5 mm per hour until 11:30 pm on the 11th in Ebina city, ▽ Shizuoka In the prefecture, a rain gauge installed by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism in Susono City observed extremely heavy rain of 50 mm in one hour until 11:00 pm on the 11th.

The amount of rain that fell in the 24 hours until 4:00 am on the 12th
exceeded 330 mm in ▽Kumamoto prefecture,
and 180 mm in ▽Nagano prefecture, and
▽160 mm in ▽Miyazaki prefecture. I am.

Aomori prefecture, Akita prefecture, Iwate prefecture, Nagano prefecture, Tokushima prefecture, Saga prefecture, Kumamoto prefecture, Oita prefecture, and Miyazaki prefecture have areas where "sediment disaster warning information" has been announced, and the risk of sediment disaster is high. The condition continues.

It is a prospect of rain in the future.

Due to the influence of the front and low pressure, it is expected that heavy rain will occur locally in the Tohoku and northern parts of Kyushu before noon and with local thunder.

In areas where record heavy rain damage has occurred, there are places where the ground has loosened and river dikes have been damaged, and the risk of disasters at high rainfall is extremely high.

The Meteorological Agency continues to call for caution in sediment-related disasters, river floods, and low-land inundation.

In the future, be sure to keep your safety as soon as possible, even if the rain is weakened or stopped.