{
  "id": 11175507,
  "title": "Why Japan Still Struggles to Forecast Deadly Linear Rainbands",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/01/why-japan-still-struggles-to-forecast-deadly-linear-rainbands",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-10-01T10:58:28.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Japan Forward",
    "slug": "japan-forward",
    "url": "https://japan-forward.com/url-linear-rainbands-forecasting-challenges-nied/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A disaster researcher explains why the new immediate rain forecast hits about only three times in ten, and how satellites and vapor sensors could improve it. The post Why Japan Still Struggles to Forecast Deadly Linear Rainbands first appeared on Japan Forward .",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}