TOKYO, July 16 (Xinhua) — A person was confirmed useless after being present in a automobile submerged in farmland in Japan’s Akita Prefecture as heavy rain continued to pound the nation’s northeastern areas.
The man was present in a flooded automobile in Gojome city at round 8:00 a.m. native time on Sunday and was later confirmed useless, native media reported, citing info from the police and fireplace division.
Due to an energetic rain entrance, heavy rain continued to lash Japan’s northeastern areas, leading to file precipitation in Akita Prefecture, with rivers overflowing and flooding a large space together with the central a part of the prefecture.
The metropolis of Akita noticed file rainfalls of 243 millimeters over a 48-hour interval by 11 a.m. native time on Sunday, in line with the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA). The metropolis and its surrounding space had been flooded after a river that runs by town breached its banks.
Rain is predicted to proceed on Sunday and native authorities known as for continued precautions to stop attainable disasters.