World : Japan Issued Highest Landslide Warning For Yakushima Island, Southwestern Japan
TOKYO, Sept 5 (Bernama-Kyodo) -- Japan's weather agency on Saturday issued its highest landslide warning for Yakushima Island in the southwestern Japanese prefecture of Kagoshima, calling for maximum vigilance in the morning amid heavy rain, Kyodo News reported.
At 5:10 a.m. on Saturday, the Japan Meteorological Agency issued a Level 5 emergency landslide warning to the southwestern Japanese town of Yakushima. The warning was issued from Friday night through early Saturday as heavy rain from Typhoon Krovanh and a tropical depression battered the area. Takuya Hosomi, the director of the agency's Forecast Division, urged local residents to evacuate to safer locations during a press conference.
The Onoaida district of Yakushima experienced 24-hour rainfall of 490.5 millimeters by 5:30 a.m., setting a record for the area. The maximum instantaneous wind speed reached 25.9 meters per second, just after 12:30 a.m. As of the report, Typhoon Krovanh was located north of Okinawa, while the tropical depression was southeast of Okinawa.
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