The Japan Meteorological Company issued Degree 5 emergency rain warnings to some municipalities in Toyama and Ishikawa Prefectures on Thursday morning.
The emergency warnings, issued at 6:20 a.m., cowl town of Himi in Toyama, and town of Hakui and the cities of Shika, Hodatsushimizu and Nakanoto in Ishikawa.
Torrential rain began pummeling the Noto Peninsula space in central Japan early Thursday.
Linear precipitation zones developed intermittently within the two neighboring prefectures dealing with the Sea of Japan, and the company urged native residents to right away take motion to guard their lives.
Six-hours of rainfall till 6:20 a.m. Thursday reached 211 millimeters in Himi and 210 mm in Hakui.
A excessive degree of warning is required in opposition to flooding of roads and low-lying areas, swollen rivers and landslides, the company stated.
