Japan floods: Dozens killed in deluges and landslides

[muriel_volestrangler]

Source: BBC

Flooding and landslides have killed at least 38 people and left dozens missing in western areas of Japan.

Most of the deaths have occurred in Hiroshima prefecture, which has been hit by torrential rain since Thursday. Hundreds of homes have been damaged.

About 1.5 million people have been ordered to leave their homes and three million more advised to do so.
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In the town of Motoyama, about 600km (370 miles) west of the capital Tokyo, 583mm (23in) of rain fell between Friday morning and Saturday morning, Japan's meteorological agency said.



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[Lucky Luciano]

1. My wife and son are in Kobe so my son can attend...

...kindergarten there for 5 weeks. My wife was saying school is closed two days in a row due to rain. I was confused until she was saying it was coming at the rate of 2 inches per hour for long stretches of time. It won’t ease up until tomorrow.

Beginning Monday, the sun will come out and the month long rainy season in Japan will be over. June is the bad rain month usually and it extended a bit into July.

[Hortensis]

6. Wow! Looks like your forecast was mostly right, though.

Hope your little one has a lovely day at school, when it arrives.

[Lucky Luciano]

7. He had a nice day - thx! I will join them in 2 days for a couple weeks before we all come home! nt

[Hortensis]

9. Two weeks in Japan sounds wonderful even with any

disruptions. Sounds, though, like you and Typhoon Maria are both planning to arrive around the same time. Don't know what this could mean for your travel plans, but hopefully she'll cut poor Japan a break. Wishing you all well.

[muriel_volestrangler]

2. More than 60 people are dead and dozens missing

Two million people have been ordered to evacuate. PM Shinzo Abe said rescuers were "working against time".

"There are still many people missing and others in need of help," the prime minister told reporters on Sunday.

Since Thursday parts of western Japan have received three times the usual rainfall for the whole of July, setting off floods and landslides.
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Further rain warnings are in effect, with more than 250mm (10 in) predicted to fall in some areas by Monday.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-44756369

[muriel_volestrangler]

3. Japan floods: At least 100 dead in record rainfall

At least 100 people are thought to have died after record rainfall caused flooding and landslides in western Japan, a government spokesman says.

More than 50 others are believed to be missing, the Japan Times reported.
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Rescuers restarted their search through the mud for any survivors or the bodies of those killed on Monday morning.

An official in Okayama prefecture told AFP news agency that water levels were gradually receding and that emergency teams may be able to access the worst-hit areas on foot.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-44762110

[Judi Lynn]

4. Horrible. Thank you for the information, and the photos. n/t

[betsuni]

5. Watching news now.

Old people who couldn't or didn't evacuate (didn't go because the last time an evacuation notice was given in 1995 it wasn't very bad -- I think it's mostly men who do this: There's a Levy, What Could Possibly Happen?).

My sister-in-law lives near a river in the flooding area. She said she wasn't evacuating, they'll go up to the second floor. But she lives in a house where the original part is over a hundred years old and not in one of the newer housing developments built on flood plains. I wouldn't trust any construction company to have done due diligence about landslides or flooding or earthquakes or tsunamis.

[muriel_volestrangler]

8. Japan floods: 141 killed after torrential rain and landslides

At least 141 people are now known to have died in floods and landslides triggered by torrential rain in western Japan, says the government.

It is the highest death toll caused by rainfall that Japan has seen in more than three decades.

Rescuers are now digging through mud and rubble in a race to find survivors, as dozens are still missing.
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There remains a risk of landslides, with rain-sodden hilltops liable to collapse.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-44775627

[muriel_volestrangler]

10. Japan flood: At least 179 dead after worst weather in decades

Japan is still reeling from one of its worst flooding disasters in decades, which has killed at least 179 people and left 70 missing.

Torrential rains triggered landslides and floods in central and western areas. More than 8 million people have been ordered to evacuate their homes.
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Some 270,000 households across the country have had their water supplies cut, and thousands of other homes remain without electricity.
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"Food is in short supply. We have to eat instant ramen because the supermarkets don't have much food. We can't get much information about flooded roads, evacuation centre and where to get food," said the 24-year-old, who is still in Okayama.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-44790193