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Yomiuri Shimbun file photo The Japan Meteorological Agency in Tokyo
The Yomiuri Shimbun
19:45 JST, July 31, 2024
The Japan Meteorological Agency issued a warning due to record-breaking heavy rainfall over a short time period calling for disaster precautions on Wednesday evening.
About 100 millimeters of heavy rainfall was recorded in the vicinity of Nerima and Itabashi wards in Tokyo over the course of an hour until 6:30 p.m. on the day. Wako City, Saitama Prefecture, also was estimated to have registered 100 millimeters of heavy rainfall within an hour until 6:40 p.m.
