All of the heavy rain special warnings that had been issued in Niigata and Yamagata prefectures were replaced with warnings by noon.

However, it was a record heavy rain that had never been experienced before, and river flooding and landslides occurred one after another, and the danger of disasters is still high. please.

On the other hand, in the Hokuriku region, a linear rain belt has been formed and it continues to rain torrential rains.

According to the Japan Meteorological Agency, due to the extension of a front accompanied by a low pressure system in the southern Tohoku and Hokuriku regions, heavy rainfall has exceeded expectations, mainly in Niigata and Yamagata prefectures.



At 11:30 am on the 4th, the Japan Meteorological Agency switched the heavy rain special warning issued to Sekikawa Village and Tainai City in Niigata Prefecture to a warning.

Yamagata Prefecture's special warning was also switched to a warning on the morning of the 4th, and now there are no areas with special warnings.



However, Niigata and Yamagata prefectures experienced record-breaking heavy rainfall, causing flooding of rivers and landslides, including flooding of the Mogami River in Yamagata Prefecture.

▽ In Shimonoseki, Sekikawa Village,

Niigata



Prefecture, it rained 149 mm in one hour until after 2:00 am.

Takane in Murakami City recorded 410 mm

, Hibara in Kitashiobara Village, Fukushima Prefecture recorded 314.5 mm

, and Takamine in Iide Town, Yamagata Prefecture recorded 306.5 mm. It is

The danger of disasters is still high in many parts of the world.

Please continue to exercise extreme caution.

On the other hand, since the morning of the 4th, rain clouds that have developed in Hokuriku are flowing in one after another.

The Japan Meteorological Agency confirmed a ``linear rain zone'' in Reihoku, Fukui Prefecture before noon, and announced ``information on remarkable heavy rainfall'' as very heavy rain continues to fall in the same place.

Radar analysis

▽ Approximately 100 mm in the vicinity of the mountains in Komatsu City, Ishikawa Prefecture in one hour until 10:40 am

▽ In the vicinity of Hirano in Komatsu City and Shiramine in Hakusan City in Ishikawa Prefecture in one hour until 10:30 am about 100mm


















▽ It is believed that about 80 mm of heavy rain fell in the vicinity of Ono City and Katsuyama City in Fukui Prefecture in the hour until 9:30 am.



There is a river in Ishikawa Prefecture that has exceeded the "flood danger water level", which is at a very high risk of flooding due to the rain so far.



In Yamagata, Niigata, Fukushima, Ishikawa, Toyama, Fukui, and Gifu prefectures, the risk of landslide disasters is extremely high, and there are areas where landslide warning information has been announced.

Hokuriku, Niigata, etc. May have very heavy rain over the night of the 4th

This is the outlook for the future.



Heavy and very heavy rains are expected to fall mainly in eastern Japan, such as Hokuriku and Niigata Prefectures, over the night of the 4th, and there is a risk that the amount of rain will increase further.



The amount of rain falling in the 24 hours until noon on the 5th

is expected to be


250 mm in Hokuriku


, 150 mm in Niigata Prefecture and Tokai,


100 mm in Tohoku and Kanto Koshin, and 80 mm in Kinki.

If you are still moving to a safe place, continue evacuating.

If your surroundings are already flooded, try to stay in a safer place, such as moving to the second floor or higher of a building.