noun
consecutive occurrences; series of incidents
Used for events, accidents, crimes, or phenomena that happen one after another in a short period. Often appears in news reports.
この地域では交通事故が連続発生している。
Traffic accidents have been occurring consecutively in this area.
連続発生した不審火に住民は不安を感じている。
Residents are anxious about the series of suspicious fires that occurred one after another.
Compound of 連続 (consecutive) and 発生 (occurrence). The reading はっせい is the standard rendaku form of 発生 when combined.