Video: Torrential rain lashes Oshima as special landslide warning is issued
Translated from Japanese and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.
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- Heavy rain struck Oshima in Tokyo’s Izu Islands after authorities issued a Level 5 special landslide warning.
- Video filmed around 1 p.m. showed intense rain hitting a slope and large volumes of water running across roads.
Large raindrops battered a slope in Oshima, in Tokyo’s Izu Islands, as heavy rain affected the area on September 7. Video filmed at about 1 p.m. showed water streaming across the roads.
Authorities had issued a Level 5 special landslide warning for the town. A second video also showed conditions along a roadside, NHK reported.
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