Heavy rains, particularly in Japan’s Shizuoka province, caused flooding. The local administration of Hamamatsu has ordered the evacuation of 189,526 people living in 74,984 households in disaster-prone areas. In the city of Kosai, evacuation orders were issued for 2,333 people living in 973 households.
Heavy rains lashed Japan’s Fukuoka last week in Saga, Oita, Yamaguchi, and Shimane provinces, causing flooding in many areas. Local authorities had ordered the evacuation of 470,000 people living in 220,000 households in high-risk areas.