TOKYO (AP) – Heavy downpours triggered flooding in parts of western Japan on Friday as two approaching tropical storms added to a seasonal rain front already stuck above the country. VERBATIM: The Japan Meteor-ological AGENCY said Storm Mekk-hala was off the western coast of Japan’s southern remote island of Amami as of late afternoon Friday […]
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Storms Heading for Japan
TOKYO (AP) – Heavy downpours triggered flooding in parts of western Japan on Friday as two approaching tropical storms added to a seasonal rain front already stuck above the country.
VERBATIM: The Japan Meteor-ological AGENCY said Storm Mekk-hala was off the western coast of Japan’s southern remote island of Amami as of late afternoon Friday as it headed northeast.
Another storm, Higos, was traveling nearby… and the two storms are expected to reach the Tokyo region Saturday while dumping heavy rain.
According to Japan’s NHK public television, a man was injured as he fell into a waterway in Nara earlier Friday.
Television footage from Kyoto showed the Kamo River swollen with muddy water. A flooding alert was issued in parts of Kyoto, Osaka and other areas in western Japan.
Bernie Bennett reporting.