On June 2, houses in Kainan, Wakayama Prefecture, are inundated. The ASA Kainan Typhoon No. 3 was provided by ASA Kainan Typhoon No. On 2 June, torrential downpours battered the Pacific side of the nation and triggered heavy rain warnings for many areas from western to eastern Japan through 3 June.
The storm has injured at least 10 people, which has also disrupted railway operations.
The typhoon was moving east-northeastward over waters south of Amami city in Kagoshima Prefecture on June 2 in Kagoshima Prefecture.
Linear rainbands, which cause extremely heavy rain over extended periods, have formed over Kochi Prefecture, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency.
linear rainbands have also formed over the prefectures of Wakayama, Nara, Mie, Aichi and Shizuoka in the afternoon.
The agency urged residents in those regions to take precautions against the rapidly increasing risk of landslides and floods.
The highest evacuation alert for heavy rain was issued for four towns in Wakayama Prefecture, Kainan, Kimino, Kudoyama, and Hirogawa.
The prefectural government said at 2:15 p.m. that the Kamenokawa River, which flows through Wakayama and Kainan cities, had breached its banks.
In Kainan city in the prefecture, the central area near JR Kainan Station had been flooded, and some residential districts were inundated.
The city government said that around 50 people are taking shelter in at least 10 of the 29 evacuation centers set up as of 1 p.m.
The river Tokigawa in the prefecture has temporarily overflowed in Mizunami city, but no major damage has been reported.
The JMA said linear rainbands could develop in Kanto-Koshin region from the night of June 2 to the following morning.
The JMA said that the typhoon was at 3 p.m. on June 2 with a central pressure of 980 hectopascals and maximum sustained winds of 83 kph near its center and maximum instantaneous gusts of 126 kph.
The typhoon is expected to move northeast over the waters south of Japan and become an extratropical low-pressure system on June 3.
According to fire department sources in Okinawa Prefecture, 10 people were injured by the early morning of June 2 mainly because of falls caused by strong winds of the approaching typhoon.
Japan's main island of Honshu, Japan, has been smothered by a warm and moist air during the typhoon. Thunderstorms are expected across the nation through June 3 in the United States.
The JMA forecasts as much as 250 millimeters of rain in the Kanto-Koshin, Tokai and Shikoku regions, 200 mm in the Kinki region, 150 mm in the Izu island chain, and 100 mm in the Tohoku region.
Eastern Japan Railway Co. JR East said operations on the Keiyo Line were suspended between Tokyo and Soga stations.
Services on the Tokaido Shinkansen Line were also suspended between Tokyo and Shin-Osaka.
The Kinki headquarters of West Japan Railway Co. JR West said it suspended 88 trains, including the Thunderbird, Shirasagi, Super Hakuto and Kuroshio limited express trains.
The number of train services in some parts of the Keihanshin and Wakayama areas decreased from about noon, and the last trains of the day were moved up. In the morning, the operations were suspended on some sections of the Wakayama Line, Kakogawa Line and Sanin Line.
Train services will be suspended for some sections of the Hokuriku line, Nara line, Kansai line and Gakken-Toshi line.
The land ministry said at noon on June 2 that 51 dams in the Huayu, Kansai, Shikoku and Hokuriku regions released water held in reservoirs to increase capacity before the heavy rain.