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