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A man rides his bicycle through floodwaters in the city of Akita on Sunday.
Roughly 120,000 Akita Prefecture residents were ordered or advised to evacuate on Sunday as the risk of flooding and landslides rose following torrential rain in Tohoku, authorities said.
No injuries have been reported so far.
On Sunday afternoon, the Meteorological Agency warned of more flooding as an active rain front that brought record rainfall to parts of Akita decided to park itself over the Tohoku region.
The cities of Yurihonjo, Daisen and Senboku, as well as the town of Misato, collectively ordered 24,000 residents to evacuate after it was reported that houses had been flooded and landslides had struck various parts of Akita, local officials said.
Another 96,000 people in six cities and three towns in the prefecture on the coast of the Sea of Japan were issued evacuation advisories and urged to prepare for floods and landslides, the officials said.
The storm caused flooding along stretches of the Omono River, while several other rivers were deemed at risk of overflowing their banks.
Comment: Earlier this month floods in Japan killed 20 people after 'unprecedented' rainfall.