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Asahi article on heavy rain casualties

Torrential Rains in West Japan Continue 81 deaths confirmed in 11 prefectures

July 8, 2018 10:20 pm

[Caption: (Video) The search for survivors continues as roads are torn to pieces. Aki County, Hiroshima Prefecture (Footage by Iteo Masahiko)]

[Caption: Police officers and other rescuers carry out search operations around a residential building that was violently destroyed by a landslide. July 8, 2018, 00:04, Kawakaku 5-chome, Kumano Town, Hiroshima Prefecture. (Photography by Hosokawa Taku)]

According to the Asahi Shimbun’s data, since Typhoon 7 approached Kyushu on July 3rd, the number of dead by prefecture as of July 8th at 7:30 am was: 36 in Hiroshima, 19 in Ehime, 13 in Okayama, 3 in each of Yamaguchi and Kyoto, 2 in Fukuoka, and 1 each in Gifu, Shiga, Hyogo, Kochi, and Saga. The number of missing persons is 47 in Hiroshima, 22 in Okayama, 7 in Ehime, and totals at least 87. 51 are injured.

Per interviews with prefectural police, in the afternoon on July 8th, a further 15 were reported missing in Mabi-cho, Kurashiki City, Okayama Prefecture, which has experienced widespread flooding. Families have sought help for family members they can’t get in contact with, and the investigation into their safety continues.

According to the prefectural Office for Disaster Response, as of the morning of the 8th, approximately one thousand people were stranded in flooded homes and buildings, prompting rescue operations for those stranded.

Landslides occurred in the morning of the 8th in the prefectural highway in Otsuki Town, Kochi Prefecture. As of publication, a man who was driving in the area at the time could not be contacted. Sources say he may have been affected.

In Hiroshima Prefecture, another at least 12 people have been reported missing from a residential area in Kumano Town, and the search continues. In an incident on the 7th in Fukuyama City in which a reservoir burst, a 3-year-old girl in the area was reported missing; her body was recovered today.

For the heavy rainfall, which is expected to produce the largest individual weather disaster in the past few decades, the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) issued emergency warnings from the 6th to the 8th, in a total of 11 prefectures. On the 8th, the same warning was issued for Gifu, Kochi, and Ehime prefectures, but was lifted in the afternoon.

According to the JMA, 24-hour rainfall totals as of 6:00 am on the 8th included 383.5 mm for Sukumo City, Kochi Prefecture; 237.5 mm for Gero City, Gifu Prefecture; and 193 mm for Satsuma Town, Kagoshima Prefecture. Due to the effects of the humid atmosphere, rain clouds are expected to gather over the Chugoku and Shikoku regions on the 9th.

The names of 12 people in Hiroshima Prefecture who were confirmed dead as of the 8th as a result of the record-breaking rains have been released.

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出典: Asahi Shimbun

#news article #weather #asahi shimbun #disaster #how many characters #sorry I don't want to translate the names of all these dead people #also I'm sure there's a better way to translate town and city names but here we are #revised

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