Japan: Record Rainfall Batters Kagoshima, Triggering Floods and Landslides
Record rainfall battered Kagoshima Prefecture, southern Japan, on Friday, August 8, triggering floods and landslides. Evacuation advisories were issued for more than 360,000 people in the prefecture and neighboring Miyazaki.
In Kirishima City’s Mizobe district, a record-breaking hourly rainfall of 107.5 millimeters was observed. In Aira City, a mudslide struck a house, burying two people, who were rescued alive and taken to hospital.
- Product Code
- ILEA004625953
- Registered date
- 2025/8/08 14:39:57
- Credit
- @blair_note_jp via Spectee
- Media source
- @blair_note_jp via Spectee
- Media size
- 1280 × 720 pixel
- Deployment size
- 25.20(MB)*
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Video Recording Date/Time: August 8, Kagoshima Prefecture, 2025 at 05:12h, Video Location: Aira
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