Weather Reports
Homes (2050), July 4, 2021, Kyushu, Japan (Floods & Mudslides)
Watercolor on Canson Montval watercolor paper
9"x12"
2021
Japan has been battered by heavy flooding from typhoons and other storms in recent years, with its mountainous terrain leaving it prone to mudslides and inundations. Such storms have taken hundreds of lives, and climatologists say the problem has been exacerbated by global warming.
This time, the flooding overnight was centered in the prefectures of Kagoshima and Kumamoto on the southern island of Kyushu. The two prefectures ordered the evacuation of 75,000 residents.
Reference:
Mullany, Gerry. 2021. "Severe Flooding in Southern Japan Swamps Nursing Home" The New York Times. July 4, 2021.