Torrential Rain Near Tokyo Causes Flooding and Paralyzes Traffic, Killing 1
Authorities urged evacuations for more than 100,000 households as torrential rain flooded roads, cut power to over 10,000 homes and stranded commuters.
- On Thursday, the Japan Meteorological Agency issued its highest-level heavy rain warning for the Chiba region for the first time ever, following record-breaking rainfall exceeding 100 millimeters in a single hour.
- Targeting 14 municipalities in Chiba, the agency's severe warning signals a high likelihood of imminent disaster, prompting officials to warn that 'lives may be in imminent danger.'
- More than 100,000 households were urged to evacuate across Chiba, Ibaraki, and Saitama, while nearly 220,000 residents received shelter advice and TEPCO Power Grid reported 68,000 homes lost power.
- The Fire and Disaster Management Agency confirmed one person dead in Ichikawa and two rescued from a flooded car in Kashiwa, as hundreds remained stranded at Chiba station due to suspended trains.
- Scientists say human-driven climate change is making extreme weather more frequent, prolonged, and intense, positioning such unprecedented rainfall events as part of an accelerating global pattern.
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A man was found floating on a flooded road in Ichikawa, while a 66-year-old woman died when her car was trapped in the waters in the city of Sakura - More than 80 homes were flooded, while nearly 230,000 residents were asked to leave their homes.
Flooding in Tokyo Kills Six, Triggers Level 5 Warnings and Paralyzes Transport in Chiba
TOKYO: Six people died as heavy rain pounded eastern Japan on Thursday and early Friday, with the weather agency issuing the highest downpour warning of Level 5 in more than one-third of the municipalities in Chiba Prefecture near Tokyo, Kyodo News reported.The cities of Chiba and Ichikawa, among other municipalities, began urging citizens to immediately take safety measures on Thursday evening, while road flooding occurred across the prefecture…
The local authorities maintain evacuation orders for this Friday that affect about 25,500 people, although this morning only 7,359 were in one of the 359 municipal shelters Read
[Yomiuri Shimbun] Record-breaking rain that continued to fall across a wide area of Chiba Prefecture from the 13th quickly flooded the ground, causing significant damage to roads and train stations. Many people were trapped in their cars on the flooded streets, and firefighters and residents worked to rescue them. Those stranded and unable to return home were taken to the prefectural office and air transport facilities.
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