Japanese authorities on Sunday advised more than 370,000 residents in southwestern Japan to leave their homes due to torrential rains.
The rain front that has affected the southern half of the Japanese archipelago has caused especially significant damage in Shimane Prefecture, where 20 river floods and 15 landslides have been recorded.
Local authorities asked more than 370,000 people from two parts of the province to leave their homes and go to reception centers, in addition to recommending the suspension of regional and high-speed trains.
According to the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA), more than 100 millimeters of precipitation was recorded in the region in the space of six hours.
Police and rescue services are looking for possible passengers in a vehicle that was swept away by a river, local media reported.
Weather conditions also disrupted high-speed trains between Hiroshima and Hakata stations in the southwest of the country, according to the operator.
The JMA warned about the risk of continuous flooding, landslides and other incidents related to the torrential rains forecast for all of Sunday in the west, southwest and center of the country.
Source: TSF
