Torrential rain caused severe flooding in Okinawa

Torrential rain caused severe flooding in Okinawa prefecture on Friday. Water was overflowing in various parts of the city. Naha City had 94.5 millimeters of rainfall. That’s a record hourly rainfall for June, exceeding the previous record set 100 years ago.

Information about the record-breaking deluge has been issued to a number of areas in Okinawa Prefecture. According to the radar analysis, the areas near Tomi-gusuku City and Itoman City experienced about 110 millimeters of rain.