Unstable conditions brought record rainfall to the prefececture on tuesday. The river overflowed its banks late tuesday and early wednesday. The a agency and the land mininy are calling o on residents to exercise maximum cauaution a an stay up too datee on lococal evacuation information. The risk of flooding is extremely high in other places along the river where water levels may stillll be rising. If flooding has already begun, people are advised to seek shelter in sturdy buildings nearby or on the upper floors of their home. Unstable conditions are forecast for wide areas of the country on wednesday. Eastern japan and northern kyushu could see localizeded downpours. The Meteorological Agency is urging people to stay on the alert for mud slides, landslides, and gusting winds. The coronavirus continues to spread a across japan. Nearly 1,000 cases were reported on tuesdsday with several prefectures reporting new daily records. Translator weve confirmed 155 infections. The number shows t
Kyushu has suffered the brunt of the damage. A car was believed to be carrying a family when it was swept away by this river. Police are searching for the passengers. Cars lie overturned on local roads. Water reached the second floor of some homes, causing widespread damage. Translator water came up to about 20 cenentimeters on the second floor. Flooding also hit fields and greenhouses. One farmer says his 60 greenhouses were affected and the timing couldnt have been worse. Translator it was just before the harvest. The whole area around here was completely destroyed. The amount of damage may be around 93,000. The destruction also touched areas outside kyushu. In kyoto, a powerful mudslide plowed into three cars near an interchange. Officials say two drivers suffered minor injuries. In gifu, houses were engulfed or hid by landslides. Officials say about 2,300 people in two cities there remain unreachable. In total, more than 4,700 houses were flooded across 22 prefectures. Officials ar
Warnings for parts of nagano and gifu prefectures. The warning is the highest level of alert on the agencys scale. The areas are expeririencing rainfall that hasntt been see in several decades. Translator cities and towns that have issued emergency warnings are experiencing unprprecedentedd heavy rain. N. Its highly likely that some kind of disaster such ass landslides have already occurred. The s situation is equivalent t the highest alert level five. It is high time peoplple i in affected areas be on alelert a take every measure to protect their lives. In gifu prefecture, the flooded. Evacuation orders are in place in that city as well as takayama city. In nagano prefecture, officials received several reports of mud overflowing on the road. There are residences being flooded. Evacuation orders are also issued in multiple municipalities. Days of rain have caused serious damage mainly in kyushu. 57 people overall have died. Two are without vital signs and 16 others are missing. Rescue
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Residents to stay vigilant as the water is still rising in local rivers. Some areas have seen averarage raininfall for the entire mononf july i in just six days. In give few prefecture, the swollen river flooded leaving neighborhoods submerged. The gushing water has destroyed parts of a highway along the river. The rain also triggered landslides that swept trees away and smothered houses. A number of homes in the city of takayama were damaged. Translator sand and rocks plunged down, jumped the river and slammed into the houses. Powerful winds pose another problem. Some parts of central japan saw roofs blown away by a suspected tornado. Roads to several areas have been cut off by flooding and landslides leaving thousands of people isolated. Workers are busy removing the mud and repairing the damage. Translator a bridge is being washed away. You can see fragments of trees and grass mangled with the railway bridge. A nhk crew captured this scene on the island of kyushu from a helicopter.