"Heiwa 2 July Heavy Rain" is from July 3 to 31 for 29 days, the longest time recorded by the Meteorological Agency August 4 at 16:31

The Meteorological Agency named the series of heavy rains last month as "July 2nd Heavy Rain", but the period was 29 days from July 3rd to 31st, including the heavy rains that flooded the Mogami River in Yamagata Prefecture. It was made.

The Meteorological Agency announced a series of heavy rain disasters on the 9th of last month following the flood damage and sediment-related disasters in western Japan and eastern Japan such as Kyushu, Gifu prefecture and Nagano prefecture due to the rainy season front. Heavy rain in July of 2 years".

The stagnation of the front line continued after that, and flood damage occurred in a wide range on the 28th of last month, with record heavy rainfall in Yamagata Prefecture causing the Mogami River to flood.

In light of this damage, the Japan Meteorological Agency will continue on the 4th during the period of "heavy rain in July of Reiwa 2" from July 3 when the activity of the front became active and rain increased in Kyushu until 31st when the rainy season front became unclear I announced that it will be 29 days.

As the heavy rain named by the Japan Meteorological Agency, it has exceeded the 28 days of "August 2014 heavy rain", which caused landslide disasters and river floods in various places such as Hiroshima prefecture due to the effects of typhoons and fronts, making it the longest ever It has become.