THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
May 29, 2024 at 12:41 JST
One man was killed as heavy rains set records in various locations around Japan on May 28 due to a low-pressure system and frontal zone.
According to the Japan Meteorological Agency, the total 12-hour rainfall accumulation by 9 p.m. reached 305 millimeters in the Shigeto district of Kami, Kochi Prefecture, and 244 mm in the Kyojo district of Miyoshi, Tokushima Prefecture.
The JMA said the rainfall set records for May in these and other areas, including parts of Ehime and Gifu prefectures.
A driver in his 70s died after his car was crushed by a tree that collapsed in strong winds at a parking lot in Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, at around 7 p.m. on May 28.
According to local weather officials, the area was experiencing the strongest-recorded instantaneous wind speed for May at the time of the accident.
The expected rainfall for the 24 hours through 6 p.m. on May 29 was 180 mm in the Tokai region, 120 mm in the Kanto-Koshin region and 100 mm in the Tohoku region.
In the meantime, the season’s first typhoon was located about 100 kilometers east of Minamidaito island in Okinawa Prefecture on May 29, moving northeast at 35 kph.
It had a maximum wind speed of 108 kph near its center and a central pressure of 990 hectopascals.
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