TOKYO: Since records started, parts of Japan have experienced their heaviest daily downpours, according to officials on Saturday( Sept 9 ), which included reports of more than 100 landslides following tropical storms.
The largest amount of rain to fall in the area in a 24-hour period since the Japan Meteorological Agency started the study in 1976 was 392mm in Mobara city, Chiba district, which borders the funds Tokyo.
After southwestern Chinese places were hit by record-breaking storms that flooded major towns and Typhoon Haikui toppled trees and caused flooding in Taiwan, the flood comes at the end of a rain-soaked year for East Asia.
Additionally, fatal floods have hit southern Europe.
Because a warmer ambience holds more water, researchers claim that climate change is increasing the risk of heavy rain worldwide.
In the Chiba, Ibaraki, and Fukushima areas, tropical storm Yun-yeung on Friday disrupted some rail solutions and left thousands of homes without electricity.
According to a town spokesman for Mobara,” a river near the city house flooded on Friday, necessitating the rescue of an approaching car.”
He added that levels had largely subsided by day and that the water was overflowing to about midsection height.
Officers, he claimed,” haven’t been able to grasp the whole extent of damage.”
According to the weather service, two different locations experienced 280 millimeters in 24 hrs.
Heavy rains caused more than 100 floods in the area, according to NHK, a common journalist.
According to a Chiba provincial standard, the government sent two helicopters to inspect damaged areas on Saturday.