SENDAI (Kyodo) The Tohoku region has entered a transitional phase into autumn without an official end to the rainy season being declared, local weather authorities said Monday.
This is the first time since 2003 the Sendai District Meteorological Observatory has failed to identify the end of the rainy season in the region. The agency has been making such announcements since 1951.
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