SocietyEvacuation order issued for 3,246 people in coastal Nagato, Yamaguchi

Nagato City in Yamaguchi Prefecture issued an evacuation order at 1:28 a.m. on the 15th for 1,744 households, totaling 3,246 people, in coastal areas. The move followed the announcement of a Level 4 high-tide danger warning. Level 4 is the fourth tier in Japan’s five-level alert system and calls for people in dangerous locations to evacuate.

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