[PHOTOS] Japon: des pluies torrentielles font un mort et plusieurs disparus
Debris caused by heavy rain are left in Asakura, Fukuoka prefecture, southwestern Japan Thursday, July 6, 2017. Heavy rain following a recent typhoon flooded many houses in southwestern Japan, forcing thousands of people to flee, authorities said. (Sadayuki Goto/Kyodo News via AP)Photo: AP
Debris caused by heavy rain are left in Asakura, Fukuoka prefecture, southwestern Japan Thursday, July 6, 2017. Heavy rain following a recent typhoon flooded many houses in southwestern Japan, forcing thousands of people to flee, authorities said. (Sadayuki Goto/Kyodo News via AP)
This aerial photo shows a destroyed railway bridge in Hita, Oita prefecture, southwestern Japan Thursday, July 6, 2017. Troops were working Thursday to rescue families left stranded by flooding in southern Japan. Heavy rain warnings were in effect for much of the southern island of Kyushu after Typhoon Nanmadol swept across Japan earlier in the week. (Nozomu Endo/Kyodo News via AP)
A road is damaged after heavy rain hit the area in Masuda, Shimane prefecture, western Japan, Wednesday, July 5, 2017. Heavy rain following the recent typhoon has left a man found dead and flooded many houses in southwestern Japan. (Shin Tomioka/Kyodo News via AP)
Debris swept by the swollen Hikosan River are seen stuck over a railway bridge after heavy rain hit the area in Soeda, Fukuoka prefecture, western Japan, Wednesday, July 5, 2017. Heavy rain following a recent typhoon flooded many houses in southwestern Japan, causing thousands of people to evacuate and threatening to overflow rivers, authorities said Wednesday. (Takuto Kaneko/Kyodo News via AP
Residents are rescued by boat after heavy rain isolated an area in Asakura, Fukuoka prefecture, southwestern Japan Thursday, July 6, 2017. Heavy rain following a recent typhoon flooded many houses in southwestern Japan, forcing thousands of people to flee, authorities said. (Sadayuki Goto/Kyodo News via AP)
People stand amid debris caused by heavy rain in Asakura, Fukuoka prefecture, southwestern Japan Thursday, July 6, 2017. Heavy rain following a recent typhoon flooded many houses in southwestern Japan, forcing thousands of people to flee, authorities said. (Ryosuke Ozawa/Kyodo News via AP)
Members of Japan Self-Defense Forces work to clear floodwood blocking a road in Asakura, Fukuoka prefecture, southwestern Japan Thursday, July 6, 2017. Heavy rain following a recent typhoon flooded many houses in southwestern Japan, forcing thousands of people to flee, authorities said. (Takuto Kaneko/Kyodo News via AP)
A man stands amid debris caused by a swollen river in Asakura, Fukuoka prefecture, southwestern Japan Thursday, July 6, 2017. Heavy rain following a recent typhoon flooded many houses in southwestern Japan, forcing thousands of people to flee, authorities said. (Takuto Kaneko/Kyodo News via AP)
Des pluies torrentielles ont fait un mort et plusieurs disparus mercredi dans le sud-ouest du Japon.
L’agence météorologique du pays a indiqué qu’une quantité d’eau sans précédent s’était abattue sur certaines villes, précisant que la préfecture de Shimane avait même reçu jusqu’à 80 mm de pluie par heure mercredi matin – pour un total de 350 mm en 24 heures.
La personne trouvée morte est un homme de 93 ans qui aurait été emporté par le courant. La police a indiqué que son corps avait été repêché à Asakita, dans la préfecture de Hiroshima.
Au moins six personnes seraient portées disparues dans la préfecture du Fukuoka. Certaines auraient été ensevelies sous la boue, a rapporté le Japan Times. Des enfants feraient partie des disparus.
Des images des inondations montraient des maisons complètement détruites, des glissements de terrain, des champs de riz jonchés de débris, des voitures emportées par des rivières et des routes affaissées.
Au moins 60 000 résidants des préfectures de Hiroshima et Shimane ont reçu un ordre d’évacuation, selon le Japan Times. L’armée était sur le terrain jeudi matin (heure locale) afin d’aider les familles.
Les intempéries ont débuté mardi alors que le typhon Nanmadol a longé la côte pacifique de l’île de Honshu.
