On May 11, the Japan Meteorological Agency announced the rainy season has begun in Southern Kyushu, nineteen days earlier than on average. The second-earliest rainy season on record is also anticipated to bring heavy rainfalls in the regions of Tanegashima, Yakushima, and more in the morning of May 12. Source: MBC / JMA
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