Dozens injured amid flooding from heavy rains caused by remnants of former typhoon Mawar, with new warnings issued near Tokyo

The torrential rains that fell on Japan left one dead and two missing, officials of the archipelago announced on Saturday, adding that hundreds of thousands of inhabitants had been issued Evacuation warnings on Friday.

The torrential rains have been caused by a convergence of several phenomena, including the tropical storm Mawar, which emerged as the second Pacific typhoon of this season.

About 4,000 homes in departments near the capital are without power, according to the Tokyo electricity network.

According to report, High-speed train (shinkansen) traffic was still suspended between Tokyo and Nagoya, according to the JR railway company, but it is expected to resume at midday, public television NHK said.

However, new instructions were sent to residents living near Tokyo on Saturday morning due to the risk of flooding.

 Rescue team members found a man in his 60s in a submerged car” In the center of the country,and his death was later confirmed, a municipal official from Toyohashi, in the department told the BBC news agency.

To the west, in Wakayama prefecture, where several streams have burst their banks, a search is underway for a missing man and woman, officials told AFP.

“Extremely heavy rainfall with thunderstorms is expected over a large part of Japan, from west to east, over the next three days,” government spokesman Hirokazu Matsuno said on Friday, adding that one person had been seriously injured. injured and seven others more lightly.

Scientists say climate change is intensifying the risk of heavy rain in Japan and elsewhere, because a warmer atmosphere holds more water.

Strong rain in 2021 triggered a devastating landslide in the central resort town of Atami, killing 27 people. And in 2018, floods and landslides killed more than 200 people in western Japan during the country’s annual rainy season.