狸の親子さんの おぼえた日記 - 2021年8月16日(月)

More downpours may hit Japan's Kyushu region NHK WORLD -JAPAN 2 hours ago

A weather front may bring more downpours to Japan's southwestern region of Kyushu, which was already drenched with torrential rain in recent days.

The Meteorological Agency says intense rain pounded much of eastern and western Japan intermittently from Wednesday through Sunday.

A heavy rain emergency warning was in place until Sunday morning for Saga, Nagasaki and Fukuoka prefectures in Kyushu, as well as for Hiroshima Prefecture in the western region of Chugoku.

The total precipitation from Wednesday has exceeded 1,000 millimeters in Ureshino City, Saga Prefecture.

Rainfall over 72 hours reached 848.5 millimeters on Mount Unzen in Nagasaki Prefecture; 750.5 millimeters in Yamaga City in Kumamoto Prefecture; and 729.5 millimeters in Omuta City in Fukuoka Prefecture.

The figures are all record highs. Precipitation in some areas was more than triple the average for the whole of August.

Some rivers overflowed, while mudslides struck some locations.

Mudslide alerts remain in place in some parts of Saga and Fukuoka prefectures, as well as Nagano Prefecture in central Japan. The water levels of some rivers in Nagano Prefecture and elsewhere remain high.

The weather front is now mostly south of the country's main island of Honshu.
But it will likely move north again, raising fears of more downpours across eastern and wastern Japan from Monday morning through Tuesday.

Kyushu may have 180 millimaters of rain for the 24-hour period through Monday evening, and 100 to 200 millimeters more for the next 24 hours.

The fr
ont is predicted to stay over or near Japan through around Friday.

The Meteorological Agency is urging people to remain vigilant against the possibility of more mudslides, flooding from rivers, and inundation of low-lying areas.