Tropical storm brings heavy rains, landslide risk to Japan's southwest

J-alert went off loudly at 3AM. Nakagawa was overflowing its banks

Okinawa! You have taken all our rain away!!

In Eastern Canada we are having a drought!!!

Little or no rain most of May and now Jume!!!!

Wallace

Good to hear. I was a little wet whilst out which was a little bothersome but every cloud has a silver lining. My latter asked me to pop to Izumiya for some rice and they had plenty of lovely foods for half price because people stayed in.

Well I took my chance, as you do and bought her some lovely sushi and a lovely couple of steaks for tomorrows dinner.

We live in a seaside flat place. Stayed in all day and cooked pork soba noodles and drank some wine.

Wallace

Hope your place is in a safe location

I stayed in until 4pm when I had to go out. Was horrible and soooo humid here but rain wasn’t too heavy

I got messed up trying to get back. The weather warning failed near Wakayama and the Nankai line went down.

This storm wasn’t a problem at all

In Hyogo, we had very heavy rain all day and still going on. Flood and landslide warnings.

I am not underwater yet, the rain is constant, is close to filling 9 containers.

A first.

we had 3 weeks of rainy south-westerlies here on the Bōsō during April-May.... same intensity as what's outside my windows at the moment. it might intensify overnight, but......

ts raining during rainy season,what a "surprise"...

Rainy season rain is supposed to be day after day of dismal drizzle, not torrential downpours sweeping across the country.

It’s Typhoon No 2 that’s making the difference. A decade or two ago that would have been surprising, because it isn’t supposed to be typhoon season yet. Climate change in action.

Stay safe, people.

And here come the landslide reports. Maybe if Japan didn't cover every available sq meter in concrete it wouldn't be such a problem. I lived in Taiwan for years and we had rain like this for days on end but was never much of a problem. Half a day here and cities are inundated.

Heavy rain Kochi, however 6/7 collection drums will provide essential irrigation for my fruit and veg patches for the parched summer months.

No happy shopping though, along with prices, a soaking on all levels is not fun

I don't get schools that have kids go there in the morning, get a weather warning and then send them home in the pouring rain. They should keep them until the rain dies down a bit or cancel before coming.

Eric

Consistently heavy rain here in Shiga. 

Some crazy snow up there this past winter, as well!

Consistently heavy rain here in Shiga. JR trains will stop shortly to allow for repairs to the track this evening. Local schools and unis closing early

Never fails to amaze me that, when winds are gusting at 90+ km/h, people still dash out to convenience store for a 500 yen plastic umbrella that will be in ribbons within ten minutes of opening it and dumped in the street the next morning.

Rain is pretty bad in North Osaka/South Kyoto area. Official landslide alerts on the phone. Scared the crap outta me. (The noise, not the content.)

There is no mention of it being a typhoon.

Emergency Weather Warning for some prefectures.

https://www.jma.go.jp/bosai/map.html#6/33.578/138.384/&elem=all&contents=warning&lang=en

Damn, I’m going to be flying into this. Or stuck for hours and hours in a closed airport at night.

Just heavy rain across Kansai-not a typhoon at all

Same In the Tokyo area though the rain isn't insane yet

https://bosai.net.e.aab.hp.transer.com/emergency/detail.do?id=3&info=35393&rid=3

Heavy rain advisory in Hyogo and landslide advisory are in place. In Kobe-shi elderly persons must evacuate because of the danger of a landslide.

Just heavy rain across Kansai-not a typhoon at all