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2016-06-21 16:40 JST 2016 http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/AJ201606210001.html A third of walls at Kumamoto Castle need to be rebuilt：The Asahi ShimbunKUMAMOTO--Repairing Kumamoto Castle is going to take a long, long time and cost a king's ransom, acc https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/AJ201606210001.html?utm_i … ↗ View original post on Facebook For a link to the original post on Facebook, open this page on a computer. Reactions: 9 · Comments: 0 · Shares: 3 ← 2016-06-21 13:37 JST 2016-06-21 17:14 JST → Around this time … 2016-06-21 18:42 JSTContributions from Saipan . . .http://www.saipantribune.com/index.php/japan-consulate-send-money-help-kumamoto-victims/Japan Consulate to send money to help Kumamoto victims - Saipan News, Headlines, Events, Ads |... 2016-06-21 17:14 JSTThe rather clumsily-named 昭和28年西日本水害 (Showa 28 nen Nishi Nihon Suigai - Western Japan Flood of 1953) occurred in Fukuoka, Oita, Nagasaki and Kumamoto between June 25 and 29 of that year and resulted from over 1,000mm of rain, in 1,001 fatalities, and in 450,000 houses flooded and one million people affected. The majority of the damage came from the flooding of Shirakawa (those interested in specifics can find them at the link - Japanese).A friend of mine who was a young woman at the time and working at what is now Tsuruya (all of downtown was flooded, and she had trouble getting home) once told me that the rain did not seem particularly heavy, but that the amount of debris swept downstream built up at the bridge pilings, creating dams that not only forced the water over the banks but collapsed the bridges, adding to more debris subsequently aimed at the next bridge. Damage was particularly severe in the area between Ryujin Bridge and Kokai Bridge next to Kumamoto University, and the high concrete banks there are a legacy of response to the disaster. (A monument to the disaster stands at the foot of the Kokai Bridge on the Toroku side.)I was thinking about this today when I saw the large amount of debris accumulated on Shirakawa bridge pilings, something I'd never seen and due to the large amount of debris generated by the quakes. Fortunately, engineering technological advances have enabled the pilings to be spaced further apart, basically eliminating the threat of another such dam and of bridge collapse. If you're near Shirakawa, look at the pilings on the upstream side and thank the engineers for their ingenuity.-- Williamhttps://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%98%AD%E5%92%8C28%E5%B9%B4%E8%A5%BF%E6%97%A5%E6%9C%AC%E6%B0%B4%E5%AE%B3 2016-06-21 21:10 JSTHere's an aerial view of Uto-shi after the heavy rain.http://www.sankei.com/photo/daily/expand/160621/dly1606210028-p1.html 2016-06-21 21:06 JSTThis screenshot shows where the six deaths that resulted from the heavy rain occurred:Kumamoto-shi (Kita-ku): 2Uto-shi: 2Kosa-machi:1Kami Amakusa-shi: 1http://www.news24.jp/nnn/news890128668.html-- Kirk 2016-06-21 20:54 JSTThese two screen shots are from the video that can be found here:https://www.aab-tv.co.jp/news/ann_shownews.php?id=000077463&cat=99I'm sharing the first one because the graphic showing the amount of rain that fell in Kumamoto is so stunning.The second screenshot is where they are pointing out that the 150 mm (almost 6 inches) of rain that fell in an hour in Kosa is a level of intensity that has only been recorded 3 times before this most recent event (this is the 4th).-- Kirk 2016-06-21 16:40 JSTA third of walls at Kumamoto Castle need to be rebuilt：The … (this post) 2016-06-21 13:37 JSTThis image from Kita-ku (the northern ward) of Kumamoto City shows a house the a blue tarp on the roof (the result of quake damage) that has been further damaged by a landslide resulting from last night's rain.-- Kirkhttp://news.tbs.co.jp/newseye/tbs_newseye2802637.html 2016-06-21 13:27 JSTThe latest information I've seen in Japanese is that 4 have been confirmed dead and two are missing in Kumamoto as a result of last night's downpour:Japanese source:http://news.tbs.co.jp/newseye/tbs_newseye2802919.html-- Kirkhttp://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/06/21/national/kumamoto-area-downpours-leave-two-dead-three-missing-trigger-evacuation-advisories/Kumamoto-area downpours leave two dead, three missing, trigger evacuation advisories | The Japan... 2016-06-21 10:51 JSTBelow is a photo of damage caused when a large tree behind Kato Shrine at Kumamoto Castle was uprooted and toppled down the already half-destroyed wall. A quote from the article that the wise will take to heart: "Do not enter areas that have been declared off limits."http://kumanichi.com/news/local/main/20160621001.xhtml熊本城、災難続く 石垣崩落、雨で拡大－熊本のニュース│ くまにちコム 2016-06-21 09:18 JSTThe following link takes you to an article in English. I found more details, however, in a video on that page (the screenshots are taken from that video).1) 150mm (6 inches) per hour of rain in Kosa, a record2) One elderly man in Kosa died when he went to look at river3) In Kami Amakusa, a mudslide killed a man in his 90s4) Landslides in Uto have trapped two people in their homes-- Kirkhttp://newsonjapan.com/html/newsdesk/article/116650.php 2016-06-21 08:48 JSTThis TBS report (video available) says that a landslide has trapped an elderly couple in their home in Tsunouramachi (Kita Ward, Kumamoto City). The report says that two people died in last night's heavy rains but I don't have the details at the moment.-- Kirkhttp://news.tbs.co.jp/newseye/tbs_newseye2802637.html
