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CNA
26-05-2025
- Business
- CNA
Rains swamp India's financial capital Mumbai as monsoon season arrives early
Record-breaking rainfall hit India's financial capital on May 26, flooding parts of the city and disrupting flights and train services. Weather officials say the huge downpours broke a record that had stood for more than a century. The monsoon rains started lashing the coast of the southern state of Kerala on May 24, before reaching parts of the state of Maharashtra on May 25. It marks the earliest arrival of the annual weather event in 16 years. Rebecca Bundhun has more from Mumbai.
NHK
24-05-2025
- Climate
- NHK
Heavy rainfall warning for Sunday in eastern Japan
Downpours hit parts of the Shikoku and Tokai regions from Saturday evening to early Sunday. Weather officials are urging caution against mudslides mainly on the Pacific coast side of eastern Japan. The Meteorological Agency says a low-pressure system accompanied by a front brought extremely heavy rainfall to Shikoku and Tokai on Saturday evening. Rain clouds developed over the Tokai and Kanto-Koshin regions through early Sunday. In one hour through 1 a.m., 71 millimeters of rain fell in Toba city in Mie Prefecture. In Shizuoka Prefecture, 31.5 millimeters of rain fell in Omaezaki City in the one-hour period through 3 a.m. Landslide warnings were in place for a brief period in Tokushima and Mie prefectures. Eastern Japan, particularly on the Pacific side, may get heavy rainfall in the morning hours as the front and low-pressure system pass over the region. Weather officials are calling on people to be on high alert for possible landslides, flooding in low-lying areas, swollen rivers, lightning strikes and gusty winds including tornadoes.
