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The consequences of heavy downpours in Japan (15 photos)
According to meteorologists in the area of Aso, Kumamoto Prefecture 502 mm of rain fell. Such record rainfall Japan did not know.
The rain fell in Kyushu more than four hours, per hour fell out of more than 100 mm of rainfall. In some areas the water reached the second floor of houses were flooded entire neighborhoods.
Everywhere rivers overflow, expanding the zone of flooding, receiving numerous reports of landslides in the mountains.
Previously, more than 400 thousand. residents of the southern island of Kyushu were instructed to evacuate. Destroyed more than 1,000 homes
About 40 people were killed
The rain fell in Kyushu more than four hours, per hour fell out of more than 100 mm of rainfall. In some areas the water reached the second floor of houses were flooded entire neighborhoods.
Everywhere rivers overflow, expanding the zone of flooding, receiving numerous reports of landslides in the mountains.
Previously, more than 400 thousand. residents of the southern island of Kyushu were instructed to evacuate. Destroyed more than 1,000 homes
About 40 people were killed