Record-Breaking Rain
Officials in Miyazaki Prefecture on Kyushu said some places got more rain in 24 hours than they usually see in all of September, while river levels remained dangerously high. NHK, Japan’s public media broadcaster, reported that between last Thursday and Monday, some 39 inches (1 meter) of rain fell on Misato in Miyazaki Prefecture—about twice the amount that usually falls during the entire month. The Yale Climate Connections blog reported that at least five weather stations on Sunday recorded rainfall levels at nearly 20 inches (50 centimeters) over just a day; the highest of those was 27.34 inches (694.5 millimeters) at Mikado.
