Residents to stay vigilant as the water is still rising in local rivers. Some areas have seen averarage raininfall for the entire mononf july i in just six days. In give few prefecture, the swollen river flooded leaving neighborhoods submerged. The gushing water has destroyed parts of a highway along the river. The rain also triggered landslides that swept trees away and smothered houses. A number of homes in the city of takayama were damaged. Translator sand and rocks plunged down, jumped the river and slammed into the houses. Powerful winds pose another problem. Some parts of central japan saw roofs blown away by a suspected tornado. Roads to several areas have been cut off by flooding and landslides leaving thousands of people isolated. Workers are busy removing the mud and repairing the damage. Translator a bridge is being washed away. You can see fragments of trees and grass mangled with the railway bridge. A nhk crew captured this scene on the island of kyushu from a helicopter.