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400,000 ordered to evacuate in Japan floods
Sun, 15 Jul 2012 - 11:01:39
Source: Agencies, I.G. Bhatkali
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ABOUT 400,000 people were ordered or advised to leave their homes in southwest Japan yesterday.
The orders came as heavy rain pounded the area for a third day leaving 29 dead or missing, officials and media said.
The Japan Meteorological Agency warned of more landslides and floods on the main southern island of Kyushu as rainfall of up to 11 centimetres per hour was recorded yesterday.Evacuation orders were issued to about 260,000 people in the north of the island where more rivers burst their banks, Kyushu's local media reported.
The orders came as heavy rain pounded the area for a third day leaving 29 dead or missing, officials and media said.
The Japan Meteorological Agency warned of more landslides and floods on the main southern island of Kyushu as rainfall of up to 11 centimetres per hour was recorded yesterday.Evacuation orders were issued to about 260,000 people in the north of the island where more rivers burst their banks, Kyushu's local media reported.
They were told to go to designated shelters such as schools and other public facilities.
Nearly 140,000 other people were advised to leave their homes to avoid possible disaster, according to officials contacted by AFP in the four affected prefectures in Kyushu.
Television footage showed torrents of muddy, debris-strewn water and flooded houses following what officials described as "unprecedented" downpours from a seasonal rain front.
Along the Yamakuni river in Oita prefecture, water levels were seen reaching the roof of a riverside drive-in restaurant before subsiding later.
In Fukuoka prefecture alone, 78,600 people were ordered to evacuate their homes as rivers overflowed in dozens of places and 181 landslides occurred, an official said.
About 820 houses were damaged and three bridges washed away, said Fukuoka prefecture spokesman Hiroaki Aoki.
"Two men were rescued from landslides but their conditions were not immediately available. One woman was still trapped," he said.
"I don't remember any flooding which stretched over such a wide area in our prefecture."
More than 75 centimetres of rain fell in 72 hours in the city of Aso, situated at the foot of a volcano in Kumamoto prefecture, the meteorological agency said.
The death toll remained at 20 overnight, with 19 of the fatalities from landslides and house collapses in and near Aso.
Nine people were missing, with two listed yesterday after a 30-year-old man fell into a swelling river in his car in Oita and a 83-year-old woman was buried in a landslide in Fukuoka.
Sources: news.com.au
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http://fukushima-diary.com/2012/07/radiation-level-spiked-all-around-in-japan-from-west/
Radiation level spiked all around in Japan from west
Posted by Mochizuki on July 13th, 2012 · 2 Comments
From midday of 7/13/2012, radiation level spiked up all around in Japan. Western Japan had the peak of radiation level sooner than Eastern Japan. The wind blew from South-West on that day.
↓ Radiation level from South-West to North-East
Tokushima
Kagawa
Ehime
Kochi
Fukuoka
Saga
Nagasaki
Kumamoto
Ohita
Osaka
Hyogo
Kyoto
Shiga
Shimane
Hiroshima
Yamaguchi
Niigata
Ishikawa
Fukui
Gifu
Tokyo
Kanagawa
Gunma
Yamanashi
Nagano
Akita
and is the rainfall in Japan related ?
http://world.time.com/2012/07/13/heavy-rains-trigger-flash-floods-mudslides-in-japan/#local-residents-stand-on-grassland-as-th
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http://www.rt.com/news/japan-floods-disaster-evacuation-193/
Quarter of a million forced to evacuate as Japan deluge continues (VIDEO, PHOTOS)
Published: 14 July, 2012, 17:46
An aerial view shows flooded residential area after a bank of the Yabegawa river collapsed caused by heavy rains in Yanagawa, Fukuoka prefecture, Kyodo July 14, 2012 (Reuters / Kyodo)
The death toll from landslides and floods in Japan has risen to at least 20. Around 260,000 people living in the area have been ordered to evacuate, and 140,000 more were advised to leave their homes on the southwestern island of Kyushu.Most of those killed lost their lives in landslides in and around the town of Aso, situated on the foot of a volcano in Kumamoto prefecture, one of the island’s four prefectures affected by the disaster. Many of the casualties were elderly people unable to leave their houses as water levels rose rapidly.
The death toll from landslides and floods in Japan has risen to at least 20. Around 260,000 people living in the area have been ordered to evacuate, and 140,000 more were advised to leave their homes on the southwestern island of Kyushu.Most of those killed lost their lives in landslides in and around the town of Aso, situated on the foot of a volcano in Kumamoto prefecture, one of the island’s four prefectures affected by the disaster. Many of the casualties were elderly people unable to leave their houses as water levels rose rapidly.
A destroyed car lies near collapsed houses after a landslide caused by heavy rains in Minamiaso town, Kumamoto prefecture, July 14, 2012 (Reuters / Japan Self Defense Forces 8th Division / Handout)
Local residents stand on grassland as they look out towards a vegetable field submerged by floodwaters in Tosu, Saga Prefecture, on July 14, 2012 (AFP Photo / Jiji Press Japan out)
A beekeeper tries to save a hive submerged by floodwaters in Kurume, Fukuoka Prefecture, on July 14, 2012 (AFP Photo / Jiji Press Japan out)
Soldiers of the Ground Self Defence Force and other workers repair a collapsed bank of the Koura River in Kurume, Fukuoka Prefecture, on July 14, 2012 (AFP Photo / Jiji Press Japan out)
An aerial view of a residential area affected by a landslide triggered by torrential rain at Aso city in Kumamoto prefecture on July 12, 2012 (AFP Photo / Kumamoto Fire Department via Jiji Press)
An aerial view of a residential area affected by a landslide triggered by torrential rain at Aso city in Kumamoto prefecture on July 12, 2012 (AFP Photo / Kumamoto Fire Department via Jiji Press)
A road is covered in mud in a residential area after heavy rains fell at Kumamoto city in Japan's southern island of Kyushu on July 12, 2012(AFP Photo / Jiji Press Japan out)
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