As a result of global warming, Japan is increasingly struggling with torrential rains and landslides. There is no improvement in sight for the next few days either.
Tokyo – Massive rains keep Japan in suspense. Entire residential areas were flooded on the hard-hit southwestern main island of Kyushu.
Japanese television showed on Saturday morning (local time) how rescue workers in Saga Prefecture brought old people to safety with inflatable boats. Streets and houses were under water – as in other areas. Hundreds of thousands of people in several prefectures of the island kingdom had already been asked the day before to get to safety from possible floods and landslides.
A woman was killed in a landslide in Nagasaki Prefecture, Unzen City. The national weather authority warned residents in large areas of the country on Saturday of the extremely high risk of swollen rivers, floods and landslides due to the heavy rains. Precipitation is also expected in the coming days and will spread to the northeast. As a result of global warming, Japan is increasingly hit by heavy rains. As a result, landslides are becoming more and more common in the mountainous country. dpa
