2023-06-03 06:24:16
The torrential rains that fell on Japan left one dead, two missing and around 30 injured, officials from the archipelago announced on Saturday. Hundreds of thousands of residents were called to evacuate their homes on Friday.
Japanese authorities have urged extreme vigilance “in the face of the risk of landslides, floods and flooding rivers” caused by tropical storm Mawar, previously classified as a typhoon.
One dead and 30 injured
In the center of the country, a team of rescuers “found a man in his 60s in a submerged car” and his death was later confirmed, said a municipal official in Toyohashi, Aichi Prefecture.
To the west, in Wakayama prefecture, where several streams have burst their banks, a search is underway for a missing man and woman, officials said.
A total of six people were seriously injured and 24 others had minor injuries on Saturday morning, the national fire and disaster management agency said.
Extreme precipitation
Some 4,000 homes in departments near the capital are without power, according to the Tokyo electricity network.
High-speed train (Shinkansen) traffic was still suspended Saturday morning between Tokyo and Nagoya, according to the JR railway company, but it should resume at midday, public television NHK announced.
“Extremely heavy rainfall with thunderstorms is expected over a large part of Japan, from west to east, over the next three days,” the government spokesman said on Friday.
Global warming is intensifying the risk of heavy rains in Japan, with warm air masses carrying more steam, scientists say.
Storm Mawar was still classed as a typhoon when it slammed into the US island of Guam in late May, uprooting trees, washing away homes and temporarily knocking out tens of thousands of residents of power.
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