Kumamoto Amakusa 16:01, July 6
Heavy rain from the 3rd has caused damage in Amakusa City, Kumamoto Prefecture, where houses have been flooded to the floor and cars have been buried in the rushing soil.
According to Amakusa City, at 7:00 am on the 6th, there were 88 landslide disasters, 132 floor floods, and 184 underfloor floods.
Of these, in Uonuka-cho in the Ushibuka area where the damage is concentrated, it was confirmed that the houses were flooded with soil and several cars were buried in the soil.
According to a woman in her 50s who was cleaning up the house, around 3:30 a.m. on the 4th, water and sediment flowed into the house, so she evacuated to the second floor and waited for water to flow.
The woman said, "The river has changed due to the landslides, and the water has been rushing in. The water is so violent that I didn't feel comfortable living."
In addition, at the former Uonuki Elementary School, water accumulated on the entire floor of the gymnasium, and brown muddy water continued to flow from the schoolyard to the road in front of the school.
A man in his 70s living close by said that the underfloor of the house was flooded with water, ``I am worried that it will rain again, so I have asked the local fire brigade to load a sandbag''. It was.