Ua haʻi aku nā luna i nā tausani o ka poʻe ma ka hikina ʻākau o Iapana e haʻalele i ko lākou mau home i ka lā Lāpule ʻoiai ua nui ka ua nui i ka wai nui a ʻoki i kekahi mau loulou kaʻaahi.
Ma hope o ka ua ʻino ma ke komohana hema o Iapana ma mua o kēia mahina i waiho ai ma kahi o 25 mau kānaka i make.
Ma kahi o 25,000 mau kānaka ma Akita prefecture i kauoha ʻia e haʻalele a ma kahi o 65,000 mau kānaka hou aʻe i ʻōlelo ʻia e haʻalele a ʻōlelo ʻia e hoʻomākaukau e haʻalele i kēlā wahi, wahi a kahi luna ma Akita prefecture.
Ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia kekahi mau kaʻaahi pōkā e holo ana a mai Akita ma muli o ka ua nui, wahi a East Japan Railway ma kāna pūnaewele.