STORY: Torrential rain hits southern Japan on Monday (August 11), triggering landslide and full suspension of bullet train services in Kyushu.

Japan Meteorological Agency issued a heavy rain alert for several towns in Kumamoto prefecture, of the highest level on its five-tier scale, according to the public broadcaster NHK.

A family was caught in a landslide caused by the heavy rainfall at the town of Kosa. A woman and her two children were rescued while rescuers are still searching for her husband, reported by local media.

Rainfall over the past 24 hours in Kumamoto city had reached 379.5 millimetres (15 inches) by 3:30 p.m. local time 0630GMT, reported by NHK.

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VIDEO SHOWS: HEAVY RAINFALL IN KUMAMOTO FLOODING ROAD / LANDSLIDE TRIGGERED BY RAIN / PEOPLE WAITING AT HAKATA STATION AS BULLET TRAIN SERVICE IS SUSPENDED / SOUNDBITE FROM SHOP OWNER IN GYOKUTO

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SHOWS: KUMAMOTO, JAPAN (AUGUST 11, 2025) (NNN / JAPAN - No use Japan / Cannot re-use after 30 days from transmission without permission from NNN) (NIGHT SHOTS)

1. PEDESTRIANS CROSSING FLOODED STREET

2. ROAD FLOODED DURING HEAVY RAIN

3. VEHICLES MOVING FORWARD IN WATER

4. VARIOUS OF PEDESTRIANS WALKING ON FLOODED STREET

5. VARIOUS OF HEAVY RAINFALL

KOSA, KUMAMOTO PREFECTURE, JAPAN (AUGUST 11, 2025) (NNN / JAPAN - No use Japan / Cannot re-use after 30 days from transmission without permission from NNN)

6. HEAVY MACHINES WORKING AT SITE OF LANDSLIDE WHERE MAN IS MISSING, WIFE AND CHILDREN RESCUED

7. RESCUERS AT SITE

8. HEAVY MACHINE WORKING NEXT TO DESTROYED HOUSE

9. LANDSLIDE AREA

10. RESCUERS WORKING AT SITE OF LANDSLIDE

GYOKUTO, KUMAMOTO PREFECTURE, JAPAN (AUGUST 11, 2025) (NNN / JAPAN - No use Japan / Cannot re-use after 30 days from transmission without permission from NNN)

11. GLASS WINDOW SMASHED / PRODUCTS SCATTERED AT RECYCLE SHOP

12. (SOUNDBITE) (Japanese) RECYCLE SHOP OWNER FROM GYOKUTO WHO DECLINED TO BE NAMED, SAYING (SOUNDBITE PARTIALLY OVERLAYING SHOT 13):

“All the products have to be disposed. I only opened this shop 10 years ago. It’s the first time (I experienced like this in ten years)."

13. PRODUCTS SCATTERED ON GROUND

FUKUOKA, JAPAN (AUGUST 11, 2025) (NNN / JAPAN - No use Japan / Cannot re-use after 30 days from transmission without permission from NNN)

14. VARIOUS OF PEOPLE WAITING AT HAKATA STATION IN FRONT OF SHUTTERS

15. MAP SHOWING BULLET TRAIN SERVICE SUSPENDED

16. TICKET MACHINE OUT OF SERVICE

17. PEOPLE SEATED ON GROUND AT STATION

18. PEOPLE WAITING WITH SUITCASES AND BAG

19. MAN SLEEPING ON GROUND WITH UMBRELLA