TOKYO: Parts of Japan have been deluged by their heaviest day by day rains since data started, officers mentioned Saturday (Sep 9), with stories of greater than 100 landslides after a tropical storm.
Mobara metropolis in Chiba prefecture, which borders the capital Tokyo, recorded 392mm of rain in a single day into Saturday – the most important quantity to hit the town in a 24-hour span because the Japan Meteorological Agency started the survey in 1976.
The deluge comes on the finish of a rain-sodden week for East Asia, after southern Chinese cities had been hit by document-breaking downpours that inundated main cities, and Typhoon Haikui toppled timber and precipitated flooding in Taiwan.
Deadly rains have additionally hit southern Europe.
Scientists say local weather change is intensifying the danger of heavy rain globally, as a result of a hotter environment holds extra water.
On Friday, tropical storm Yun-yeung disrupted some railway providers and left 1000’s of households with out energy in Chiba, Ibaraki and Fukushima areas.
In Mobara, “a river near the city hall flooded on Friday and a car that was running nearby had to be rescued”, a metropolis spokesman informed AFP.
“The water was overflowing to about waist height,” he mentioned, including that ranges had principally receded by the morning.
He mentioned officers “haven’t been able to grasp the full extent of damage”.
Two different areas noticed round 280 millimetres in 24 hours, in line with the climate company.
There had been greater than 100 landslides in the area on account of heavy rain, public broadcaster NHK reported.
A Chiba prefectural official informed AFP that the federal government flew two helicopters on Saturday to look at broken areas.
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