ΝΕΟ ΤΣΟΥΝΑΜΙ ΚΑΚΟΚΑΙΡΙΑΣ ΣΤΗΝ ΙΑΠΩΝΙΑ--NEW TSUNAMI IN JAPAN

The Japan Meteorological Agency issued a heavy rain emergency warning to Tochigi and Ibaraki prefectures on Thursday due to extremely high risks of sediment disasters in the Kanto region. The emergency warning for heavy rain was issued to Tochigi Prefecture at 12:20 a.m. and to Ibaraki Prefecture at 7:45 a.m. Typhoon No. 18 changed to an extratropical cyclone, triggering torrential rain that brought 405.5 millimeters of rainfall in Nikko, Tochigi Prefecture, and 325.5 millimeters in Kanuma in the prefecture during a 24-hour period until midnight Wednesday. Evacuation directives were issued to more than 2,600 people in Tochigi, Sakura and other cities in Tochigi Prefecture late Wednesday as water levels rose in rivers with an increased risk of landslides.