
Affected by typhoons and autumn rain fronts, record heavy rains fell in the Tanegashima and Yakushima areas of Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. The Meteorological Agency once issued a special level 5 soil and rock disaster warning for Yakushima Town.
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Affected by Typhoon Korowan and the autumn rain front south of Honshu, the atmospheric conditions along the Pacific coast of Japan are extremely unstable.
(Central News Agency, Kagoshima Comprehensive Foreign Report on the 5th) Affected by typhoons and autumn rain fronts, record heavy rains fell in the Tanegashima and Yakushima areas of Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. The Japan Meteorological Agency once issued a level 5 soil and rock disaster special warning for Yakushima Town, and called on the public to maintain the highest level of vigilance.
The Japan Meteorological Agency stated that due to the influence of Typhoon Korowang and the autumn rain front located south of Honshu, the atmospheric conditions along Japan's Pacific coast are extremely unstable.
Linear precipitation bands appeared in southern Kyushu and the Amami region. The 24-hour rainfall starting from 7:50 a.m. on the 4th reached 490.5 mm in Yakushima Town and 372.5 mm in Nakatanegome Town. Both places set new records in the history of observation.
At 11:30 a.m., the Japan Meteorological Agency lowered the level 5 soil and rock disaster special warning in Yakushima Town, Kagoshima Prefecture to a level 4 danger warning. However, the Japan Meteorological Agency also stated that the possibility of major earth and rock disasters is extremely high, and called on the public to confirm the surrounding situation, take actions most likely to save lives, and continue to stay in safe places.
The Japan Broadcasting Corporation (NHK) reported that around 7 a.m. this morning, footage taken by a tourist at a B&B in Yakushima Town, Kagoshima Prefecture showed that the water in the nearby river was turbid and brown due to sediment, and the water level was rising and the flow rate was accelerating.
He told NHK in an interview: "A few days ago, Chiba Prefecture, where I live, just suffered heavy rains, which reminded me of the disaster at that time. This trip was originally for mountain climbing, but when I thought that the foundation was loose and there was a risk of collapse, I felt very scared, so I decided to give up climbing."

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