Nishinoomote City, Kagoshima Prefecture, in Tanegashima, issued evacuation information to 14,710 people in 7,871 households across the city at 7:40 a.m. on the 17th in response to the announcement of a level 3 landslide warning. Information is at alert level 3 of the five alert levels, and the elderly and people with physical disabilities are urged to begin evacuation.