By TAKUYA ARAKAKI/ Staff Writer
July 6, 2020 at 16:40 JST
The lower photo by The Asahi Shimbun shows the Watari district of Kuma, Kumamoto Prefecture, where the Senjuen nursing home is located, is flooded on July 4. The upper photo (© Google Earth) shows the Kumagawa river before the flooding.
KUMA, Kumamoto Prefecture--A male nurse on night duty at the Senjuen nursing home here who was doing the rounds around 3 a.m. on July 4 became alarmed after the pounding of relentless torrential rains suddenly turned into an ominous roar. [Read More]
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