🇯🇵 Record Rain Floods Rivers and Cuts Off Communities in Japan

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Record rainfall has flooded rivers, triggered landslides and cut off communities across Ishikawa and Toyama prefectures in north-central Japan, with more than 380,000 people urged to move to safer ground. Roads disappeared beneath floodwater, vehicles were stranded and hundreds of homes were temporarily isolated.

 

The amount of rain gives some idea of what residents were dealing with. Himi, Toyama, received 361.5 millimeters—more than 14 inches—within 24 hours. Several rivers burst their banks, producing flash flooding and mudslides and damaging buildings. theguardian.com

 

In Ishikawa, flooding left about 270 homes isolated in three municipalities. In Toyama, rescue workers used boats to reach stranded residents. More than 1,000 households across the two prefectures lost electricity. apnews.com

 

Japan's weather agency issued its highest-level heavy-rain warning for portions of the region before lowering it as conditions improved. Importantly, despite the extent of the flooding, officials had reported no injuries among the stranded residents in the latest reporting. The danger has not completely passed, however, because saturated ground can continue producing landslides even after the heaviest rain stops. apnews.com

 

Links

apnews.com/article/d37ef074f214d72b545ba917b6e41963
https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20260828/p2a/00m/0na/025000c

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/08/27/japan/ishikawa-toyama-rains-flooding

[Dages]

Yeah, it's been bad with rain recently. The friends are ok so far