This is a Reuters video report.
2012-07-14 20:22 JST 2012 This is a Reuters video report. Deadly Floods and Landslides Hit JapanDeadly Floods and Landslides Hit Japan Floods and landslides in Japan leave over 20 people missing or dead, and force tens of thousands to evacuate Tags: Dea... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6y1gZpFmxY ↗ View original post on Facebook For a link to the original post on Facebook, open this page on a computer. Reactions: 0 · Comments: 0 · Shares: 4 ← 2012-07-13 18:26 JST 2012-07-14 21:57 JST → Around this time … 2012-07-16 22:49 JSTWhen I went to visit Tatsuta Jinnai today, I saw this chair floating down the river -- five days after the initial flooding! 2012-07-16 21:32 JSTTatsuta Jinnai is the area of Kumamoto City that was hit hardest by the flooding. When I left for my jog today, I decided to take my camera and go in that direction to see what I could see. 2012-07-16 21:37 JSTI took this picture and the following one to show how high above normal water level the protective walls are. 2012-07-15 19:03 JSTOn Thursday, a couple hours after the Shirakawa had reached its highest point, I went to have a look. I found this monument to the June 26, 1953 flood. Here something that I posted a few years ago about the 1953 flood: "In 1953 the Shirakawa River overflowed. One of the Japanese web sites I looked at said that the total of dead and missing was 422, while another said that the total was more than 500. Unusually heavy rain caused volcanic ash and sand from the Aso volcano to be swept into the river and carried to the city where it took out 85 bridges and inundated 31,145 homes." http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kumamoto-i/message/6312 2012-07-14 21:57 JSTCheck out these photos. Several are stunning.http://photos.denverpost.com/mediacenter/2012/07/photos-rain-causes-flooding-mudslides-in-kumamoto-japan-15-dead/Photos: Rain causes flooding, mudslides in Kumamoto, Japan - 15 dead 2012-07-14 20:22 JSTThis is a Reuters video report.Deadly Floods and Landslides Hit Japan (this post) 2012-07-13 18:26 JSTThis news report was broadcast yesterday. The figures about the numbers of dead are old but the images give you an idea about what has been happening. I hope we have seen the worst. At this writing, 19 are dead,九州豪雨 熊本県と大分県で相次ぎ川氾濫 13日も大雨のおそれ(12/07/12) 2012-07-13 18:09 JSTRiver flooding 2012/7/12 The Shirakawa-River, Kumamoto City. 2012-07-01 18:46 JSTMascot Of Kumamoto, Kumamon Being Awesome | Funny Pics, … 2012-05-28 07:27 JSTHere's a video related to my post about the mudflats near Arao. It's about the mutsugoro that live in the flats. 2012-04-30 16:54 JSTHere's the video I posted about:The tale of two Ramen shops in Nihongi,Kumamoto... Japan
