Rains Pound Japan, Causing Record Flooding - NPR
Heavy rain has flooded in Hitoyoshi, Kumamoto prefecture in Japan on Saturday.
Heavy rain has flooded in Hitoyoshi, Kumamoto prefecture in Japan on Saturday.
Members of Japan's Self-Defence Forces work at the site of a landslide caused by heavy rain in Ashikita, Kumamoto prefecture.
Members of Japan's Self-Defence Forces work at the site of a landslide caused by heavy rain in Ashikita, Kumamoto prefecture.
Japanese weather forecasters had expected heavy rains.
At one point, part of Kumamoto prefecture saw almost 4 inches of rainfall per hour
More heavy rain is expected through Wednesday