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關鍵詞:to evacuate in Japan
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ABOUT 868,000 PEOPLE IN KAGOSHIMA, KUMAMOTO AND MIYAZAKI PREFECTURES ARE UNDER A LOWER-LEVEL WARNING ADVISING THEM TO EVACUATE, ACCORDING TO NHK.
FEARS OF LANDSLIDES AND FLOODING PUT SOUTHERN JAPAN ON HIGH ALERT THURSDAY AS HEAVY RAINS CONTINUED TO PUMMEL THE REGION, PROMPTING AUTHORITIES TO ORDER MORE THAN A MILLION PEOPLE TO EVACUATE.
A LANDSLIDE DUE TO HEAVY RAIN IS SEEN NEARBY A TRAIN STATION WEDNESDAY JULY 3, 2019 IN KAGOSHIMA CITY, SOUTH WEST OF JAPAN. JAPANESE AUTHORITIES HAVE DIRECTED MORE THAN 1 MILLION RESIDENTS IN PARTS OF THE SOUTHERN MAIN ISLAND OF KYUSHU TO EVACUATE TO DESIGNATED SHELTERS AS HEAVY RAINS BATTER THE REGION, PROMPTING FEARS OF LANDSLIDES AND WIDESPREAD FLOODING. (KYODO NEWS VIA AP)
TOKYO (REUTERS) – JAPAN ORDERED NEARLY 800,000 PEOPLE ON THE SOUTHERN ISLAND OF KYUSHU TO TAKE SHELTER IN EVACUATION CENTRES AND OTHER SAFE AREAS ON WEDNESDAY AS HEAVY RAINS THREATENED TO TRIGGER LANDSLIDES AND CAUSE OTHER DAMAGE. SOME PARTS OF SOUTHERN KYUSHU HAVE RECEIVED UP TO 1,000 MM (39.4 INCHES) OF RAIN SINCE FRIDAY, AND […]
LAST JULY ABOUT 200 PEOPLE DIED IN WESTERN JAPAN IN THE COUNTRY"S WORST FLOODING DISASTER IN DECADES. IT WAS THE HIGHEST DEATH TOLL CAUSED BY RAINFALL IN JAPAN SINCE 1982.
MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENTS IN THE CITIES OF HIROSHIMA, IWAKUNI IN YAMAGUCHI, AND SHUNAN AND UWAJIMA IN EHIME ISSUED EVACUATION ADVISORIES, AND THE GOVERNMENT ISSUED A LEVEL 4 WARNING FOR HEAVY RAIN AND FLOODS — MEANING A MANDATORY EVACUATION FOR ALL RESIDENTS IN SPECIFIC AREAS. THE GOVERNMENT LAUNCHED THE FIVE-LEVEL WARNING SYSTEM, DESIGNED TO GIVE RESIDENTS A CLEARER IDEA OF THE SITUATION, ON MAY 29 AFTER MANY PEOPLE WERE SLOW TO EVACUATE AND FELL VICTIM TO THE FLOODS IN WESTERN JAPAN LAST SUMMER.
RESCUERS WORK ON THE ROOFTOP OF THE HOUSE DAMAGED BY A LANDSLIDE IN SOO, KAGOSHIMA PREFECTURE, WESTERN JAPAN, THURSDAY, JULY 4, 2019. JAPANESE AUTHORITIES ON WEDNESDAY DIRECTED MORE THAN 1 MILLION RESIDENTS IN PARTS OF THE SOUTHERN MAIN ISLAND OF KYUSHU TO EVACUATE TO DESIGNATED SHELTERS AS HEAVY RAINS BATTER THE REGION, PROMPTING FEARS OF LANDSLIDES AND WIDESPREAD FLOODING.(KYODO NEWS VIA AP) (ASSOCIATED PRESS)
AT LEAST 30 PEOPLE WERE INJURED, INCLUDING TWO SERIOUSLY, AFTER A MAGNITUDE 6.7 EARTHQUAKE STRUCK JAPAN"S NORTHWESTERN REGION LATE TUESDAY, CAUSING LANDSLIDES AND POWER OUTAGES IN SOME AREAS AND PROMPTING THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE TO EVACUATE FROM THEIR HOMES.
IN THE SPRING OF 1942, LAZO, A 17-YEAR-OLD HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT IN LOS ANGELES, BOARDED A TRAIN AND HEADED TO THE MANZANAR RELOCATION CENTER, ONE OF 10 INTERNMENT CAMPS AUTHORIZED TO HOUSE JAPANESE-AMERICANS UNDER PRESIDENT FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT』S EXECUTIVE ORDER IN THE WAKE OF JAPAN』S ATTACK ON PEARL HARBOR A FEW MONTHS EARLIER. THE CAMPS, TUCKED IN BARREN REGIONS OF THE UNITED STATES, WOULD INCARCERATE AROUND 115,000 PEOPLE LIVING IN THE WEST FROM 1942 TO 1946 — TWO THIRDS OF THEM UNITED STATES CITIZENS.
TRAINS ON EAST JAPAN RAILWAY CO.』S UETSU LINE MADE EMERGENCY STOPS, AND TRAIN CREW MEMBERS FEARING A POSSIBLE TSUNAMI DECIDED ON THEIR OWN TO GUIDE ABOUT 50 PASSENGERS TO NEARBY HIGHER GROUND. JR EAST』S NIIGATA BRANCH OFFICE HAS CONDUCTED PASSENGER EVACUATION TRAINING EVERY YEAR. IT IS IMPORTANT TO REPEATEDLY AND REGULARLY HOLD PRACTICAL TRAINING.
RAINS EASE IN SOUTHERN JAPAN BUT LANDSLIDE RISKS PERSIST AS DEATH TOLL RISES TO TWOTHE WEATHER AGENCY CONTINUED TO WARN OF MUDSLIDES AND FLOODING THURSDAY FOLLOWING DOWNPOURS IN SOUTHWESTERN JAPAN, WHILE TORRENTIAL RAIN AND LIGHTNING COULD STRIKE THE EASTERN PART OF THE COUNTRY L...
DEIR AL-AHMAR, LEBANON - DOZENS OF SYRIAN REFUGEES DISMANTLED THEIR TENTS, FILLED TRUCKS WITH BELONGINGS AND LEFT A CAMP THEY LIVED IN FOR YEARS IN EASTERN LEBANON ON SUNDAY AFTER LOCAL AUTHORITIES ORDERED THEM TO EVACUATE IN THE AFTERMATH OF A BRAWL WITH LOCAL FIREFIGHTERS.
THE MOST SIGNIFICANT FACTOR BEHIND THE NEW SYSTEM WAS CATASTROPHIC FLOODING THAT DEVASTATED PARTS OF WESTERN JAPAN DURING THE 2018 RAINY SEASON. A SEASONAL RAIN FRONT STALLED FOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS, DUMPING A RECORD-BREAKING 1,000 MM OF RAIN ON SOME AREAS.
THE JAPAN METEOROLOGICAL AGENCY SAYS RAIN IS INTENSIFYING IN THE SOUTHWESTERN PART OF THE COUNTRY TO A DEGREE THAT MAY REQUIRE THE ISSUING OF EMERGENCY WARNINGS.

 

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