Torrential rain forces evacuation of nearly 200,000 people in western Japan

MADRID Nov. 2 (EUROPA PRESS) –

The Japanese Government has ordered the evacuation of almost 200,000 residents in the west of the country due to the arrival of torrential rains that have left record discharges in the prefectures of Shizuoka and Kanagawa.

This afternoon, the national meteorological agency recorded 114 millimeters in Kannami (Shizuoka) and about 110 millimeters per square meter in Odawara (Kanagawa).

Heavy rain has also hit parts of the Kyushu, Chugoku and Shikoku regions and the city of Matsuyama, in Ehime prefecture, has ended up urging its almost 190,000 residents to evacuate to the nearest shelters, according to the ‘Mainichi Shimbun’. ‘.

This situation is caused in part by typhoon ‘Kong-rey’, one of the worst storms recorded in decades in the Taiwan Strait, and which has left at least three dead on the island, according to Taiwanese authorities.