English-language Japan news aggregator; covers the Seika Kyoto Level-5 emergency order and landslide events
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News On Japan (Kyoto alert) · Japan · 1951年以来初、台風が同時に上陸、東海・関東で記録的大雨
Reports the town of Seika in Kyoto Prefecture issued a Level 5 Emergency Safety Order, the highest possible, for 239 households and 529 residents in Higashihata district after a rain-triggered landslide; a separate Level 4 landslide danger warning was in effect for Ikoma in Nara, where a river overflowed and 15 homes flooded above floor level. Typhoon No. 7 (Mekkhala) continued to disrupt weekend travel across Japan into the evening.
“Seika, Kyoto, issued a Level 5 emergency order for 239 households after a landslide; Ikoma, Nara, saw 15 homes flooded above floor level.”