Rivers flooded in a city in
Flooding was reported at two rivers in Asakura, Fukuoka, and a bridge has reportedly been lost, according to the local government. Residents in one community have been isolated as rivers overflowed, the Asakura city government said.
In Asakura, some 23,000 residents had been ordered to evacuate as of 5:30 p.m. In Kurume, also in Fukuoka, about 13,000 have been ordered to evacuate amid risks of flooding and other disasters.
Torrential rain has also hit Hita in neighboring Oita Prefecture. A river in the city breached a dike, leaving five residents isolated, according to the municipal government.
Heavy rain also hit other parts of western Japan on Wednesday. A man's body was found in a river in Hiroshima and local police believe he was swept away as the river level rose due to the torrential rain that pummeled Shimane and Hiroshima prefectures.
The Shimane government urged 20,000 residents in 9,200 households to evacuate their homes.
The rain caused some schools in Shimane to cancel classes Wednesday and disrupted some train services in the two prefectures.
The city of Hamada in Shimane facing the Sea of Japan saw hourly precipitation of over 80 millimeters Wednesday morning as a seasonal rain front brought in wet air from the East China Sea, causing a strip of storm clouds to develop, the Japan Meteorological Agency said.
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