Japan flooding and river bursts due heavy rain hits Yamagata and Niigata

, yamagata, niigata, flooding On August 4, about 540, 000 people in the Tohoku and Hokuriku regions were instructed to evacuate as torrential rain swept through the Sea of Japan coast, causing flash floods. The Mogami River in Nagai, Yamagata Prefecture, spilled over its banks in the early hours of Thursday, according to the local authorities. Footage shared on social media showed flooded houses along rivers, cars partially submerged and roads filled with mud in parts of Yamagata and Niigata prefectures. The Yamagata Prefectural Government also reported that a bridge on a prefectural road had collapsed. In addition to Yamagata and Niigata, evacuation alerts were also issued for Aomori, Iwate, Fukushima and Ishikawa. The village of Sekikawa in Niigata recorded 560 millimeters of rainfall in 24 hours through Thursday morning, 2. 5 times the amount of rain that usually falls in the entire month of August. Rainfall of 410 mm was recorded over the same period in Murakami, Niigata, a