THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
July 14, 2024 at 16:15 JST
Torrential rains battered wide areas of Kyushu from early July 14 triggering evacuation and landslide warnings in Nagasaki Prefecture.
At 7:47 a.m., the Fukuoka Local Meteorological Observatory announced that a linear rainband had developed over the Goto region of Nagasaki Prefecture.
Experts said linear rainbands were likely to develop in the northern Kyushu and Yamaguchi regions through the afternoon. Authorities are warning of landslides, water immersion and river flooding.
Kamiozu, in Nagasaki’s Goto city, marked its heaviest one-hour rainfall in July with 85.5 millimeters by 7:42 a.m.
Nagasaki city also experienced extremely heavy rainfall with 61 mm falling in a one-hour period. The city of Ureshino in Saga Prefecture had 53 mm of rain.
Evacuation orders and landslide alerts were issued for Nagasaki and Sasebo in Nagasaki Prefecture and Kashima in Saga Prefecture.
JR Kyushu suspended operations on the Kyushu Shinkansen between Kumamoto and Kagoshima-Chuo stations.
Operations were also suspended between Tosu and Nagasaki stations on the Nagasaki Line and between Kohoku and Sasebo stations on the Sasebo Line.
National Route 385 on the border between Saga and Fukuoka prefectures was closed.
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