Nine years after the heavy rains in northern Kyushu, victims are commemorated in Asakura, Fukuoka, where damage was severe.

Five days will mark nine years since the heavy rains in northern Kyushu left a total of 40 people dead and two missing in Fukuoka and Oita prefectures. In Asakura City, Fukuoka Prefecture, which was severely damaged, residents placed flowers at flower stands to commemorate the victims.