(Mainichi)

       OSAKA -- A level 5 weather warning calling on people to take emergency measures to ensure their safety was issued for the entire western Japan city of Unnan, Shimane Prefecture, on the morning of July 12, as torrential rains threatened landslides and flood damage.

       All of the approximately 13,700 households in the city, and their roughly 36,800 residents, are subject to the warning. The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) says that it appears that around 100 millimeters of rain fell in a single hour in the area around Unnan.

       Western Japan's Sanin region has also seen extremely heavy localized rain and thunder. The JMA says the dangers of a landslide or flood disaster have risen precipitously, and is urging people to take caution.

       (Japanese original by Ryo Chatani, Osaka City News Department)

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