You may have heard that Kagoshima had some severe rainfall recently. The city officials actually called for evacuation of the entire city to go to either designated evacuation centers or other safe areas due to potential flooding and mudslides. It's only July 4th and already there has been over 27 inches of rain in July, extremely more than the average of 12 inches for month of July. It rained constantly on July 3rd and I woke up this July 4th morning, the rain had stopped so I went for a walk. I specifically targeted walking to the nearest river, the Kotsuki River, to see how bad it was. The photo above shows weeds stuck on railings, indicating how high the water got. It looked like another couple meters, the water would have overflowed into the streets above. The next photo is under the bridge. A lot of silt were washed and settled there when the water receded.
When I walked past the above bridge, a flock of pigeons descended on me. This was about a little after 5 a.m. in the morning and there weren't too many people up and about. Those pigeons probably thought finally, a human is here with possibly food to share with them. They soon realize that I had no food with me so they flew off. From these photos, you can see all the silt that got left behind after the water receded. I bet it would have been pretty wild to see the torrent of water rushing out to sea, but I am glad I stayed in where it was dry and safe.
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