The torrential rains that affected on Thursday areas of the Japanese coasts of the sea of Japan They caused evacuation orders to be issued in several prefectures of the coast of the Asian country, where the heat wave continued in a large part of the east and west of the territory despite the moderation of temperatures.
Nine of the 47 prefectures of the archipelago were totally or partially on alert for rain and among them Aomori, Akita, Niigata, Toyama, Ishikawa and Tottori, from the northeast to the center-west of the country, were subject to emergency alerts in the first hour for the risk of storms and associated disasters such as floods, floods of rivers and landslides.
Until 8:30 local time (23:30 GMT on Wednesday), the authorities had issued evacuation orders and recommendations of Elderly for nursing home and similar facilities that affected some 48,000 people in the aforementioned areas, according to the latest data available in this regard.
The Services of the Balance Train (‘Shinkansen’) of the Hokuriku line was suspended between the stations of Nagano and Kanazawa, the operator Jr West reported, while the local governments reported floods on at least 19 Kanazawa roads (center).
The Meteorological Agency of Japan (JMA) pointed out that the rains are due to a band of persistent clouds over the province of Kaga, in the Prefecture of Ishikawa, the region of the Japanese center that was beaten by a strong earthquake on January 1, 2024.
In the city of Kanazawa, capital of Ishikawa, 218.5 millimeters of rain fell at six hours until 8:00 (23:00 GMT on Wednesday), a record volume and above the average rainfall for the entire August one month, according to the most recent balance collected by the Japanese public chain NHK.
In the city of Sado, Niigata Prefecture, the amount of rain in the 24 hours prior to midnight today reached 284.5 mm, the highest since there are records and almost double the average rainfall for a month of August.
A low pressure system with a front moves to the northeast over the sea of Japan, said the JMA, which provides that the front move south during Friday and remain on areas that go from the east to the west of the territory until Saturday.
The warm and humid air that flows to the low pressure system and the front is generating great atmospheric instability, he added.
The prognosis of the Japanese weather agency estimates that in 24 hours until 6:00 local time on Friday (21:00 GMT) the 150 millimeters of rain are reached in the northeast regions and in the southwest of the archipelago, while up to 120 millimeters are predicted in large areas of the center of the territory.
The torrential rains on the Japanese coast of the sea of Japan occur while they remain in force on Thursday alert by risk of heat blow in practically the entire eastern, central and south-east of the archipelago.
