Scholars and designers of early warning systems say that there are still huge gaps in our ability to predict flash floods and ...

6 rivers flood in Kyushu, emergency discharge starts at dam in Fukuoka Pref. JMA warns of 'once in several decades' heavy rain as downpours strike Fukuoka, Oita prefs.

On July 3, localized downpours occurred mainly in Kyushu due partly to a series of linear rainbands, which cause extremely heavy rain, forming over Kumamoto Prefecture. Several rivers overflowed ...

On July 6 and 7 last year, as the Chikugo River and its tributaries began to swell simultaneously, the tributaries' floodgates were closed to prevent water from flowing back from the main stream.

Extraordinarily heavy rains have left hundreds of people cut off and at least 26 dead on the Japanese island of Kyushu, and more storms could be on their way.

A total of 28 of the 36 people who died in torrential rain that hit northern Kyushu a month ago, or nearly 80 percent, were residing near rivers at the time of the disaster, the Mainichi Shimbun ...

Torrential rain hit Japan's southwestern island of Kyushu on Monday, with at least one more river bursting its banks, as the death toll from three days of floods and mudslides rose to 44 ...

The 14th typhoon of the season, which has weakened as it approaches Kyushu, is bringing record rainfall, the JMA said, warning of the risk of overflowing rivers. Sign up here.

Some rivers have flooded in Fukuoka, Saga and Oita prefectures in Kyushu. Others are close to flooding, including in Yamaguchi Prefecture on the main island of Honshu.

The storm has paralysed traffic, delivery services and businesses across southwestern Japan. About 80 people have been injured in the Kyushu region, the majority of them in the hardest-hit two ...