Heavy rain in Tokai region, special flood warning for Shonai River, linear rain belt also occurs

In the afternoon of the 8th, the Tokai region experienced heavy rain in some places due to the influence of a front extending toward the Pacific Ocean. At 6:20 p.m. on the same day, the Japan Meteorological Agency issued a Level 5 flood warning for the Shonai River, which flows through Aichi and Gifu prefectures. Around 4:30 p.m., it was announced that a linear rain band had formed in both prefectures. In both prefectures, breaking news of heavy rain in a record short period of time was issued one after another. The agency called for strict vigilance against landslides in eastern and western Japan through the 9th.

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Forecast information for a linear rain belt was issued in the Kanto-Koshin, Tokai, and Shikoku regions through the 9th. The period during which the virus is likely to occur is until dawn in Ibaraki, Saitama, Chiba, Tokyo, and Kanagawa prefectures, until noon in Tokushima and Kochi prefectures, and until evening in Gifu, Shizuoka, Aichi, and Mie prefectures.

The front will remain mostly stationary on the Pacific side of eastern and western Japan until the 10th, and the tropical cyclone that changed from Typhoon No. 24 is expected to become a frontal cyclone over western Japan on the 9th.

In Nagoya City, 104.5 mm of rain fell in the hour until just after 4:50 p.m. on the 8th, and in Tajimi City, Gifu Prefecture, 93.0 mm fell in the hour until 4:40 p.m.

The predicted rainfall for the 24 hours up to 6 p.m. on the 9th is expected to be 250 mm in Kanto-Koshin and Shikoku, 200 mm in Tokai and Kinki, 150 mm in Hokuriku, and 120 mm in Tohoku.

After that, until 6 p.m. on the 10th, the total rainfall was 100 mm in the Tokai region and 80 mm in the Kanto-Koshin, Hokuriku, and Kinki regions.