The Japanese meteorological agency issued a warning of extraordinary precipitation – the highest degree on its fifestePene and the city of Taman and the place of the Southwest Prefecture in Monday, because the records caused serious floods and led to the evacuation of more than 3 million people.
In the city of Tamana, 404 millimeters of rain occurred within 12 hours – which is a record for the area and twice as much as an average of August. Between the last Wednesday and Monday, the overall precipitation in Fukuoka, north of Taman, amounted to 567 millimeters, while the prefecture Kumamoto recorded a 581 millimeter, which is more than three times than the average monthly precipitation in August.
In Kumamot, two people in their 60s – a man and a woman – she took the crush Saigo River. The lifeguards also searched for the person who struck the landslide while vehicles towards the evacuation center.
According to the Fire and Disaster Management Agency, evacuation orders, more than 3 million people were issued in the southwestern part of the island of Kyush. About 384,000 inhabitants, mainly in Kumamoto Prefecture, was under the highest degree of evacuation warning to Tuesday.
The heavy rains that began at the end of last week they led to that one person was gone, and four were injured in the southern prefecture of Kagoshim. The landslide in the city of Air, in Kagoshima, caused a house collapse, with one person died.
The Japanese meteorological agency states that warm and humid air that flows into the area of the front brings record precipitation in Kumamot. Precipitation reinforcements in eastern and northern parts of Japan is also expected.
In the next 24 hours until the early morning hours on Wednesday, 150 millimeters of rain in northern Kishu and Kanto-Koshin, 120 millimeters in Hokurica and 100 millimeters in Tokai region are expected.
Extreme heat
Heavy rains followed Japan the warmest day in its history – 41.8 ° C – in the city of Isesaki, north of Tokyo, last Tuesday, and thermal impact warnings were released by 44 out of 47 Japanese prefectures. This temperature surpassed the previous record of 41.2 ° C, set 30. July in the town of Tamba, in western prefecture Hyogo. This is the sixth time this summer that the temperature in parts of the country has passed 40 ° C.
In the Prefecture of Niigata, one of the main areas for rice production, the amount of precipitation in July fell to just 3.5 millimeters, compared to 376.5 millimeters during the same month last year.
Lack of precipitation is not the only problem. According to the Japanese Ministry of Agriculture, high temperatures could lead to the birth of stinking bugs across the country, which are known for damaging crops of rice. These bugs spread faster with an increase in temperature.
From November 2024. Until March 2025, the Pest Control and Saitama Prefecture Disease has conducted research of rice stinking bugs and discovered that they were winning 58.1% of a total of 172 locations. The average density was 17.1 bug per square meter, which is 43 times more than the previous year, when it was 0.4.
“We must act quickly and feel the emergency to prevent damage,” Shinjiro Koizumi Minister said. “The government will provide support for combating pests and measures to combat drought,” he added.
(Vijesti.ba)
