EGN NEWS DESK
A male police officer has been confirmed dead and a lady was newly discovered to have gone lacking in heavy rain that’s pounding the neighboring northeastern Japan prefectures of Yamagata and Akita.
As of Sunday, fatalities from the catastrophe stood at two whereas three individuals had been lacking.
On Thursday night time, two male officers of their 20s who had been driving to a web site the place a resident had made a misery name within the metropolis of Shinjo in Yamagata Prefecture had been swept away, based on the prefectural police. One of the officers, 26-year-old Ryota Tamaya, was present in a state of cardiopulmonary arrest Friday afternoon and was confirmed dead by Saturday.
Meanwhile, the Yamagata metropolis of Sakata mentioned Saturday that an 86-year-old lady is lacking.
Due to a seasonal rain entrance, Yamagata and Akita are more likely to see extreme rain proceed till round Tuesday, and the Meteorological Agency is asking on individuals to watch out for rising and overflowing rivers, landslides and flooding of low-lying areas.
The variety of inundated residential buildings in Yamagata and Akita has thus far totaled not less than 109 and 164, respectively, the 2 prefectures mentioned. In Akita, agricultural, forestry and fisheries harm, reminiscent of from flooded rice and vegetable fields, has reached ¥111 million ($720,000).
Seventy-two-hour rainfall totaled 444.0 millimeters by 6:20 a.m. Saturday within the Yamagata city of Mamurogawa, 400.5 ml 5:40 a.m. in Sakata and 283.0 ml by 9 a.m. within the Akita metropolis of Kitaakita.
