Curt 1 Posted August 29, 2011 Share Posted August 29, 2011 Looks like it has got off fairly lightly. Link to post Share on other sites
BagOfCrisps 24 Posted August 29, 2011 Share Posted August 29, 2011 Thats good to hear. Link to post Share on other sites
kkk 7 Posted September 3, 2011 Share Posted September 3, 2011 More crazy weather conditions and flooding I see. Has there been a year like this for mad summer weather? Link to post Share on other sites
rach 1 Posted September 3, 2011 Share Posted September 3, 2011 Pretty wild here near Kobe. I live in a fairly high spot so ok, but nearby some roads flooded right now I hear. Link to post Share on other sites
snowdude 44 Posted September 4, 2011 Share Posted September 4, 2011 Certainly have had a lot of rain here this summer. We had a super dry wet season this year and instead have had a relatively cool for a lot of the time summer and loads of rain. Link to post Share on other sites
mina2 6 Posted September 5, 2011 Share Posted September 5, 2011 18 dead and 44 missing so far it seems. More pretty wild scenes of villages flooded and almost tsunami like images of buildings being washed away. Link to post Share on other sites
klingon 10 Posted September 5, 2011 Share Posted September 5, 2011 They just said, I think, that 50cm of rain TODAY in parts of Mie. You're right, some of these scenes remind me of the tsunami in March. Link to post Share on other sites
yamayamayama 2 Posted September 5, 2011 Share Posted September 5, 2011 2011 the year that water terrorises Japan. Link to post Share on other sites
dale#1 1 Posted September 5, 2011 Share Posted September 5, 2011 Friend of mine lives quite close to some of the badly affected places this time. Luckily up on a hill but he says it's devastation down below a few I'm from where he is. Link to post Share on other sites
snowdude 44 Posted September 5, 2011 Share Posted September 5, 2011 Yeah and this is the start of the typhoon season as rule, so more of these conditions to come probably! Link to post Share on other sites
brit-gob 9 Posted September 5, 2011 Share Posted September 5, 2011 Memories fade but do they usually have this kind of impact? Link to post Share on other sites
SKI 15 Posted September 5, 2011 Share Posted September 5, 2011 I think this one has been particularly violent and slow moving. Link to post Share on other sites
Chriselle 158 Posted September 5, 2011 Share Posted September 5, 2011 The footage of mudslides always freaks me out. We have a steep hill right behind our house and it's always in the back of my mind when we get rains like this.. Link to post Share on other sites
joshnii 2 Posted September 5, 2011 Share Posted September 5, 2011 They should make mud that doesn't fall apart so easily! Link to post Share on other sites
pie-eater 207 Posted September 5, 2011 Share Posted September 5, 2011 Apparently 31 confirmed dead now from this typhoon. Link to post Share on other sites
tokabochi 9 Posted September 5, 2011 Share Posted September 5, 2011 There sure is a huge amount of money going to be needed to sort out the aftermath of all these natural catastrophes of late. Link to post Share on other sites
2pints-mate 0 Posted September 6, 2011 Share Posted September 6, 2011 That made the news here this morning actually. Damn Japan could do with a break from nature hey. Link to post Share on other sites
tokabochi 9 Posted September 6, 2011 Share Posted September 6, 2011 Its really coming down here in style again. Belting it down. Link to post Share on other sites
muikabochi 208 Posted September 6, 2011 Author Share Posted September 6, 2011 Sure is. But it doesn't look like it should last that long happily. There were some seriously strange coloured skies out there about 30 minutes ago, a strange yellowy/green kind of tinge. Strange. Link to post Share on other sites
veronica 2 Posted September 6, 2011 Share Posted September 6, 2011 The scenes they are showing on NHK now look eerily like March tsunami footage. How awful for people affected. Link to post Share on other sites
igloo 3 Posted September 6, 2011 Share Posted September 6, 2011 Anyone else see that house that was stuck halfway up a mega-pylon? Crazy scene. Link to post Share on other sites
Hokkaidough 4 Posted September 6, 2011 Share Posted September 6, 2011 Hokkaidos turn to get pounded today it seems. Link to post Share on other sites
big-will 7 Posted September 21, 2011 Share Posted September 21, 2011 Has there ever been more flooding in a summer as this year? Nagoya and areas getting bashing now. Link to post Share on other sites
TheOrange 0 Posted September 21, 2011 Share Posted September 21, 2011 Certainly seems to be off-the-scale this year. Water isn't the biggest of friends of Japan this year hey. Link to post Share on other sites
ippy 66 Posted September 21, 2011 Share Posted September 21, 2011 a spot of rain out there at the moment. Looking forward to the 30 minute bike ride home just as the typhoon wastes saitama Link to post Share on other sites
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