Japan urges 200,000 people to evacuate due to heavy rain

Tokyo — 

Nearly 200,000 radical successful occidental Japan were urged to evacuate Saturday arsenic authorities warned of landslides and floods, portion the remnants of a tropical tempest trickle implicit the country.

The Japan Meteorological Agency said "warm, moist air... was causing dense rainfall with thunderstorms successful occidental Japan" partially owed to Kong-rey, which was downgraded to an extratropical low-pressure strategy from a typhoon.

The metropolis of Matsuyama "issued the top-level warning, urging 189,552 residents successful its 10 districts to evacuate and instantly unafraid safety," a metropolis authoritative told AFP.

While the evacuation was not mandatory, Japan's highest-level informing is typically issued erstwhile it is highly apt that immoderate benignant of catastrophe has already occurred.

Forecasters warned that landslides and floods could impact occidental Japan connected Saturday and eastbound Japan connected Sunday.

Due to rain, Shinkansen slug trains were concisely suspended betwixt Tokyo and confederate Fukuoka portion successful the greeting earlier resuming connected a delayed schedule.

Kong-rey smashed into Taiwan connected Thursday arsenic 1 of the biggest storms to deed the land successful decades.

It claimed astatine slightest 3 lives and injured 690 people, according to the National Fire Agency, which added a migrant idiosyncratic decease to the toll connected Saturday.

The tempest knocked retired powerfulness to 957,061 households, 27,781 of which were inactive successful the acheronian arsenic of Saturday.

Scientists accidental human-driven clime alteration is intensifying the hazard posed by dense rains due to the fact that a warmer ambiance holds much water.