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Wednesday, July 14, 2010

Japan. Heavy rainfall...[ 1456 ]

Heavy rain, mudslides threaten homes across western Japan

A home destroyed by a mudslide is pictured in Keisen, Fukuoka Prefecture on July 14, 2010. (Mainichi)
A home destroyed by a mudslide is pictured in Keisen, Fukuoka Prefecture on July 14, 2010. (Mainichi)
(Mainichi Japan) July 14, 2010

A seasonal rain front brought torrential rain to western Japan beginning in the early hours of July 14, setting records for rainfall around the region.
Floods and mudslides have damaged homes and disrupted transportation services, and the Meteorological Agency has warned local residents to exercise caution as the heavy rain is expected to continue into the evening.

According to the Fukuoka District Meteorological Observatory, the downpour has been caused by warm, wet air from the southwest sweeping into the seasonal rain front hovering in northern Kyushu. In a 24-hour period starting on July 13, Tsushima in Nagasaki Prefecture saw 282 millimeters of rainfall, while Matsuura saw 190 millimeters, setting records in those cities for the month of July.
The swollen Higashitani River advances on homes in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka. (Mainichi)
The swollen Higashitani River advances on homes in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka. (Mainichi)
Officials from the Kitakyushu Municipal Government's disaster headquarters say that 275 households were cut off when the confluence of the Higashitani and Murasaki rivers flooded. The city government issued an evacuation order and requested the dispatch of Self-Defense Forces to provide assistance through Fukuoka's governor.

In the town of Keisen, a landslide crushed a house at the base of a hill at around 8 a.m. on July 14. A 63-year-old female resident of the house was rescued from the ruins and taken to hospital. Mudslides have occurred in other areas, including Sawara Ward, Fukuoka, and some 34,000 households throughout the city were advised to evacuate.

In Yamaguchi Prefecture, a total of 19,416 households in seven cities and towns including Shimonoseki and Hofu were told to evacuate due to possible mudslides. In Kanzaki, Saga Prefecture, where water levels of the Jobara River reached dangerous levels, 3,350 households, or approximately 10,500 people, were advised to evacuate.

According to West Japan Railway Co., operation of the Sanyo Shinkansen bullet train was suspended for two hours from 8:35 a.m. on July 14 between Kokura and Hiroshima stations because of heavy rainfall in Yamaguchi Prefecture. Around the same time, Kyushu Railway Co. suspended operation of the Chikuho and Gotoji lines in Fukuoka Prefecture; the Sanyo, Kagoshima, and Nagasaki lines were also partially suspended.
Effects of the rain were also felt on the road, where parts of the Kyushu and Nagasaki expressways were closed to traffic.

According to the Osaka District Meteorological Observatory, rainfall in the 24-hour period ending at 11 a.m. on July 14 was 117.5 millimeters at Kansai International Airport, 118 millimeters in Kyoto, 72.5 millimeters in Wakayama, 65.5 millimeters in Nara, 60.5 millimeters in Kobe, 35.5 millimeters in Osaka, and 34 millimeters in Otsu.

In the town of Tsuwano in Shimane Prefecture, an 82-year-old man has been missing since the evening of July 13, when he left home saying that he was going to a river. In Nara, two cities in Hiroshima Prefecture, and a town in Tottori Prefecture, a total of four people have sustained weather-related injuries.
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