Even though I was in Kumamoto City (Oe) and heard lots of thunder at about the time this was happening, I wasn’t aware aware that there had been extremely heavy rain in another part of the city (Kita Ku [north ward] and Koshi) until I saw it on NHK’s national news broadcast. The cyclone to the south is having a greater and more unpredictable effect than I imagined it would.
– Kirk
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