Overview
- Rainfall eased in Kumamoto early Monday but heavy downpours persist across western Kyushu, prompting the Meteorological Agency to sustain its highest-level alert in the prefecture.
- Evacuation advisories and alerts now cover more than three million residents in Kumamoto, Kagoshima, Fukuoka and four other prefectures, according to the Fire and Disaster Management Agency.
- Rescue teams are searching floodwaters and landslide sites for several people reported missing after being swept from vehicles and falling into swollen rivers.
- Rail operators have partially resumed bullet train and local services in northern Kyushu, while Kyushu Electric Power reports that over half of the 6,000 households without power have regained electricity.
- Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has mobilized extra government resources for relief operations and urged residents to heed safety warnings and prioritize saving lives.