5,000,00 to be evacuated as heavy rain lashes Japan
6 Aug 2014 4:36 AM IST
A man drowned in a raging river while more than half a million people were advised to evacuate over the weekend as heavy rain lashed western Japan, officials said on Monday.
The torrential downpours from Typhoon Nakri also led to the drowning of around 10,000 chickens after a river flowed over its banks near a poultry farm on Saturday, media said. As the storm headed away from Japan, downpours continued in parts of the country on Monday with rainfall of up to 117 centimetres (46 inches) over the past three days, the national weather agency said. ‘Very heavy rain is expected to fall in western Japan, mainly on the island of Shikoku, until Tuesday noon,’ the Japan Meteorological Agency said.
Shikoku is next to the southernmost main island of Kyushu. The Fire and Disaster Management Agency said early on Monday that about 550,000 people had been advised to seek shelter at public facilities since Saturday.
The torrential downpours from Typhoon Nakri also led to the drowning of around 10,000 chickens after a river flowed over its banks near a poultry farm on Saturday, media said. As the storm headed away from Japan, downpours continued in parts of the country on Monday with rainfall of up to 117 centimetres (46 inches) over the past three days, the national weather agency said. ‘Very heavy rain is expected to fall in western Japan, mainly on the island of Shikoku, until Tuesday noon,’ the Japan Meteorological Agency said.
Shikoku is next to the southernmost main island of Kyushu. The Fire and Disaster Management Agency said early on Monday that about 550,000 people had been advised to seek shelter at public facilities since Saturday.
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