TOKYO, July 8 (NNN-NHK) – Japan issued recent landslide and flooding warnings today, as torrential rain moved over the centre of the nation and the demise toll from days of downpours rose to 54.
Heavy rains that started early Saturday, on the island of Kyushu, have already brought about devastation throughout a swathe of the southwestern portion of the nation, inflicting rivers to burst their banks and hillsides to break down.
The climate entrance is now transferring north, and this morning the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) issued its highest degree warning, for Gifu and Nagano prefectures in central Japan.
“In these areas, heavy rains are at an unprecedented degree,” a JMA official stated.
“Particularly in areas designated as excessive threat for landslides and flooding, the likelihood is extraordinarily excessive that some type of catastrophe is already occurring,” he warned.– NNN-NHK
