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▼ 3 Dead As Torrential Rain Hammers Kyushu Region
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FUKUOKA/OITA (Jiji Press) — Record rainfall lashed the southwestern Japan prefectures of Fukuoka and Oita through Thursday, leaving three people dead and 19 unaccounted for.
Self-Defense Forces members, police officers and firefighters started full-scale search operations in the small hours of Thursday in the two prefectures. The operations involved about 7,800 personnel.
Self-Defense Forces members, police officers and firefighters started full-scale search operations in the small hours of Thursday in the two prefectures. The operations involved about 7,800 personnel.
A man was found dead in Asakura, Fukuoka Prefecture, where 24-hour rainfall to 11:40 a.m. Thursday reached 545.5 millimeters, a record high.
In Hita, Oita Prefecture, where the 24-hour rainfall to 10:50 a.m. totaled a record 370.0 millimeters, a landslide killed a 45-year-old man and injured two women. Another body was found in a river in the city.
In Hita, Oita Prefecture, where the 24-hour rainfall to 10:50 a.m. totaled a record 370.0 millimeters, a landslide killed a 45-year-old man and injured two women. Another body was found in a river in the city.
As of noon, one person in Asakura and three people in the Fukuoka Prefecture village of Toho were missing, while 15 people in Hita could
not be contacted.
On Wednesday evening, the Japan Meteorological Agency issued special emergency warnings for heavy rain caused by an intensified seasonal rain front in the two prefectures. The warnings, which covered 20 municipalities in Fukuoka Prefecture and 12 in Oita Prefecture, were
lifted on Thursday afternoon.
But the agency forecast intermittent heavy rain through Friday afternoon and put residents on alert for landslides and flooding.
not be contacted.
On Wednesday evening, the Japan Meteorological Agency issued special emergency warnings for heavy rain caused by an intensified seasonal rain front in the two prefectures. The warnings, which covered 20 municipalities in Fukuoka Prefecture and 12 in Oita Prefecture, were
lifted on Thursday afternoon.
But the agency forecast intermittent heavy rain through Friday afternoon and put residents on alert for landslides and flooding.
An emergency warning is issued to prevent people’s lives from being endangered when the agency sees an imminent risk of an unusually massive natural disaster that may happen only once in decades.
Evacuation advisories were issued for over 300,000 people in the Fukuoka Prefecture city of Kurume and over 50,000 people in Asakura.
Over 100 emergency calls were made by residents of Asakura and Toho.
Rivers flooded in Asakura and the town of Soeda in Fukuoka, and also in Hita. As some residents of these municipalities were stranded by the floods, the two prefectures asked the SDF to send members on disaster-relief missions.
In Asakura, three Fukuoka prefectural government officials engaged in road patrol activities went missing on Wednesday, but were confirmed safe on Thursday. At least about 1,000 residents of Asakura evacuated to a total of 13 facilities.
Evacuation advisories were issued for over 300,000 people in the Fukuoka Prefecture city of Kurume and over 50,000 people in Asakura.
Over 100 emergency calls were made by residents of Asakura and Toho.
Rivers flooded in Asakura and the town of Soeda in Fukuoka, and also in Hita. As some residents of these municipalities were stranded by the floods, the two prefectures asked the SDF to send members on disaster-relief missions.
In Asakura, three Fukuoka prefectural government officials engaged in road patrol activities went missing on Wednesday, but were confirmed safe on Thursday. At least about 1,000 residents of Asakura evacuated to a total of 13 facilities.
- July 7, 2017
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