{"id":142003,"date":"2021-08-18T10:40:43","date_gmt":"2021-08-18T01:40:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=142003&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2021-08-18T10:40:43","modified_gmt":"2021-08-18T01:40:43","slug":"summary-of-rain-damages-in-fukuoka-prefecture","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/summary-of-rain-damages-in-fukuoka-prefecture\/","title":{"rendered":"Summary of Rain Damages in Fukuoka Prefecture"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The continuing heavy rain has caused damage throughout Fukuoka Prefecture. As of 9 a.m. on Aug. 17, the prefecture reported two injuries, 3,432 damaged houses, floods, and landslides. Most residential flooding occurred in Kurume City, which suffered torrential rainfall for the fourth consecutive year. The region also suffered severe agricultural damage, including damage to crops about to be harvested. As of Aug. 16, Fukuoka Prefecture had begun offering free housing for those whose homes have become uninhabitable. Consultations are provided 08:00~17:15 on weekdays at 092-643-3739. Authorities warn residents to stay alert for more severe rainfall and possible landslides in the coming days. As of the morning of Aug. 18, service on JR Kyushu shinkansen is suspended in areas between Kagoshima and Kumamoto. <\/span><b>Source: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www3.nhk.or.jp\/fukuoka-news\/20210816\/5010012907.html\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NHK 1<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \/ <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www3.nhk.or.jp\/fukuoka-news\/20210817\/5010012931.html\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NHK 2<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \/ <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/rkb.jp\/news\/003645.html\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">RKB<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-142004\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/rain-summary.jpg?resize=1024%2C576&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/rain-summary.jpg?resize=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/rain-summary.jpg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/rain-summary.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/rain-summary.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>Disclaimer<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Fukuoka Now posts summaries of Kyushu area news for those who cannot read Japanese. 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As of 9 a.m. on Aug. 17, the prefecture reported two injuries, 3,432 damaged houses, floods, and landslides. Most residential flooding occurred in Kurume City, which suffered torrential rainfall for the fourth consecutive year&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29305,"featured_media":142004,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-142003","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-fukuoka-prefecture","news-category-general","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/142003","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29305"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=142003"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/142004"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=142003"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=142003"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}