破紀錄豪雨過後日本開始清理工作

Residents of southwestern Japan are returning home after four days of record rainfall that caused massive flooding.

Hundreds of thousands of people on the island of Kyushu began to clean up Monday, as the death toll from flooding and landslides reached at least 27.

Sunday, Japanese troops airlifted supplies to more than 3,000 thousand people who were stranded in Fukuoka prefecture, southwestern Japan.

More than 90 millimeters of rain an hour fell in Kyoto prefecture in western Japan, flooding hundreds of homes.

The Japan Meteorological Agency said Sunday that the worst is over, but predicted more heavy rain in some areas through Monday.日本西南部居民在經歷四天破紀錄豪雨所引起的大面積水災後，陸續返回家園。

成千上萬的九州島居民星期一開始進行清理工作，因水災和泥石流造成的死亡人數上升到至少27人。

星期天，日本自衛隊向受困在日本西南部福岡縣的3千多人空投補給品。

每小時超過90毫米的大雨降在日本西部的京都府，造成幾百個住家被水淹沒。

日本氣象廳星期天表示，最糟的情況已經過去，但是預測某些地區直到星期一結束前，還會降大雨。