JAPAN
Southern Japan. Islands of Kyushu and Shikoku and Tokyo too are in for a lot of rains in the next three days. ESPECIALLY ON SUNDAY. JUNE 12, 2011. Rains clouds stream from China keeping these places wet. Lots of rain in the three days. 20 cm. Then another wet spell comes on June 15. Yeah! Lots of rains in southern Japan likely over the next week.
Southern Japan. Islands of Kyushu and Shikoku and Tokyo too are in for a lot of rains in the next three days. ESPECIALLY ON SUNDAY. JUNE 12, 2011. Rains clouds stream from China keeping these places wet. Lots of rain in the three days. 20 cm. Then another wet spell comes on June 15. Yeah! Lots of rains in southern Japan likely over the next week.
This is only for 24 hours on Saturday ( June 11, 2011) Imagine the total rain in three days!
AND IT HAPPENED.....
AND IT HAPPENED.....
Sunday, June 12, 2011
Heavy rain pelts much of Japan
Kyodo
Rain soaked much of Japan on Saturday, triggering warnings of mudslides, floods, lightning and tornadoes from the Meteorological Agency, which said the downpours could continue through Sunday.
The rain suspended service on the Tokaido Shinkansen Line connecting Tokyo and Osaka on Saturday morning, causing delays of up to 38 minutes for 33 bullet trains passing through Shizuoka Prefecture.
Parts of southwestern, western and central Japan experienced heavy rainfall, recording 78 mm between 9 a.m. and 10 a.m. in Kumamoto Prefecture, while some areas in Wakayama, Kochi, Kumamoto, Miyazaki and Kagoshima prefectures had more than 250 mm of rainfall in the 24 hours leading to Saturday morning.
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Heavy rain falls in southwestern Japan, 1 missing in Kagoshima
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Heavy rain triggered by an active rain front and low pressure system continued to fall in the Kyushu region in southwestern Japan on Sunday, leaving a man missing in Kagoshima Prefecture and leading a local government in Kumamoto Prefecture to briefly recommend residents to evacuate.
The Japan Meteorological Agency continued to warn of mudslides and flooding, as heavy rain is expected to fall intermittently on parts of the archipelago's western half through early Monday.
In the city of Satsumasendai in Kagoshima Prefecture, Mutsuo Arimura, a 78-year-old farmer, went missing after he went to his rice fields near his home on Saturday, the police said Sunday.
A series of landslides occurred in Nagasaki Prefecture, leaving a firefighter injured while he was helping local residents to sandbag their homes in the city of Unzen on Sunday.
Meanwhile, the Kumamoto city government in Kumamoto Prefecture issued a recommendation for residents living near rivers and hills to evacuate, warning of mudslides and flooding.
After a wide range of areas experienced downpours Saturday, a low pressure system that developed into a rain front over the East China Sea passed over the Kyushu region in southwestern Japan and is expected to move toward the Izu island chain south of Tokyo around daybreak Monday, the agency said.
JR Kyushu said, due to heavy rain, it has suspended services on the Kyushu Shinkansen bullet train line between Shintamana Station in Tamana and Kumamoto Station, both in Kumamoto Prefecture. Services are also suspended between Shinyachiyo Station in Yachiyo, Kumamoto Prefecture, and Izumi Station in Izumi, Kagoshima Prefecture.
The Pacific side of southwestern to western Japan is likely to see heavy rainfall of between 50 to 70 millimeters per hour, and the weather agency said heightened vigilance is required, particularly in Kyushu where large amounts of rain also fell Saturday.
Around 200 mm of rainfall is forecast to fall in southern Kyushu and 150 mm in Shikoku and the Kinki region in the 24 hours to 6 p.m. Monday.
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(Mainichi Japan) June 12, 2011
Heavy rain falls in southwestern Japan, 1 missing in Kagoshima
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Heavy rain triggered by an active rain front and low pressure system continued to fall in the Kyushu region in southwestern Japan on Sunday, leaving a man missing in Kagoshima Prefecture and leading a local government in Kumamoto Prefecture to briefly recommend residents to evacuate.
The Japan Meteorological Agency continued to warn of mudslides and flooding, as heavy rain is expected to fall intermittently on parts of the archipelago's western half through early Monday.
In the city of Satsumasendai in Kagoshima Prefecture, Mutsuo Arimura, a 78-year-old farmer, went missing after he went to his rice fields near his home on Saturday, the police said Sunday.
A series of landslides occurred in Nagasaki Prefecture, leaving a firefighter injured while he was helping local residents to sandbag their homes in the city of Unzen on Sunday.
Meanwhile, the Kumamoto city government in Kumamoto Prefecture issued a recommendation for residents living near rivers and hills to evacuate, warning of mudslides and flooding.
After a wide range of areas experienced downpours Saturday, a low pressure system that developed into a rain front over the East China Sea passed over the Kyushu region in southwestern Japan and is expected to move toward the Izu island chain south of Tokyo around daybreak Monday, the agency said.
JR Kyushu said, due to heavy rain, it has suspended services on the Kyushu Shinkansen bullet train line between Shintamana Station in Tamana and Kumamoto Station, both in Kumamoto Prefecture. Services are also suspended between Shinyachiyo Station in Yachiyo, Kumamoto Prefecture, and Izumi Station in Izumi, Kagoshima Prefecture.
The Pacific side of southwestern to western Japan is likely to see heavy rainfall of between 50 to 70 millimeters per hour, and the weather agency said heightened vigilance is required, particularly in Kyushu where large amounts of rain also fell Saturday.
Around 200 mm of rainfall is forecast to fall in southern Kyushu and 150 mm in Shikoku and the Kinki region in the 24 hours to 6 p.m. Monday.
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