6 dead and 9 missing in Yamaguchi and Tottori

Latest story as of the time I'm posting this.

Yikes. I knew the rain was bad today but I had no idea it was that bad. 6 people are dead and 9 (according to the latest report) are missing. 3 of the casualties and 4 of the missing are from Hofu City in Yamaguchi. I believe all of them are elderly people who were staying at ライフケア高砂 (Life Care Takasogo), a retirement home that was hit by a mudslide.

Ube caught a lot of rain but it stopped long enough before starting up again to cause minimal damage. Hofu got 256 millimeters of rain in a 24 hour period. The heavy rain caused the Sanyo Line Shinkansen to running between Hiroshima and caused a total of 158 trains to suspend service.

Some photos here.

More videos here.

Obligatory Japan Today article.

Six Things May 29, 2008

Stupid "#%()'$#%( weather.

Rain, The Beatles

(thanks to debsue)

One More Rainy Day, Deep Purple

(thanks to elihzzz)

It's Raining Men, The Weather Girls

(thanks to SuperPat1972)

Singin' In The Rain, Gene Kelly

(thanks to hafizaguncesi)

No Rain, Blind Melon

(thanks to hqvids)

Chocolate Rain by Tay Zonday was supposed to be here but watching the video sent me on a quest for something else so I'm using what I found instead.


(thanks to peternokidding)