Around 200,000 people have received "evacuation orders" due to heavy rain in western Japan

Meteorologists maintain that the rains can continue until the end of this week

MADRID, 8 Jul. (EUROPA PRESS) -

At least 196,748 people and 91,298 homes in the Japanese city of Matsue (in the west) have received "emergency evacuation orders" this Saturday due to the risk of flooding and landslides as a result of the heavy rains that hit the area.

The local authorities have declared a level four alert for the entire city at around 8:40 a.m. (local time) and, from that moment, residents of areas considered "dangerous" have begun to be relocated to treatment centers. evacuation.

Likewise, the Division of Risk Management and Disaster Prevention of the city of Matsue has informed all citizens that, since 10:00 a.m. (local time), "there are several road closures due to flooding" and has indicated that it may there may be other flooded roads where traffic is not cut off.

From the Meteorological Agency of Japan they maintain that the rains in the region can continue until the end of this week, for which the local authorities have asked the public to "pay attention to the warnings and the most recent meteorological information announced by the Observatory Meteorological" and that "be aware of your surroundings".