This image taken from the Japan Meteorological Agency website shows precipitation over Japan as of 12:45 p.m. on Aug. 16, 2021.

       TOKYO -- The Japan Meteorological Agency has warned of heavy rain in southwestern Japan's Kyushu region on Aug. 16 and in areas ranging from western to northern Japan the following day, and is calling for people to be on their guard against landslides, inundations in low-lying areas, high river levels and river flooding.

       According to the agency's forecast announced in the early morning of Aug. 16, in the 24-hour period up until 6 a.m. on Aug. 17, up to 250 millimeters of rain was expected in the northern Kyushu region, up to 200 mm in southern Kyushu, and up to 120 mm in the Shikoku region in western Japan.

       Following this, in the 24 hours up until 6 a.m. on Aug. 18, between 200 and 300 mm of rain was expected in some areas of the northern Kyushu region and central Japan's Tokai region, between 100 and 200 mm in southern Kyushu, the Shikoku, Chugoku and Kinki regions in western Japan, and the Kanto-Koshin region that includes the greater Tokyo area. The agency warned that rain could continue beyond Aug. 17, further increasing the total amount of precipitation.

       The agency reported a front stretching from central China to east of Japan and covering the south shore of the main island Honshu. It said a low-pressure system had developed over the front above the East China Sea and was expected to head toward the Sea of Japan through Aug. 17. Warm moist air flowing toward the front and low-pressure system was creating extremely unstable weather, the agency said, and it also warned of torrential rain in some areas.

       In western through northern Japan, the agency called for people to be wary of extreme weather such as tornadoes, strong gusts of wind and lightning. It urged people to move indoors if there were signs of cumulonimbus clouds approaching.

       (Mainichi)

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