This summer, so far, the weather has been rather wild!
Throughout Japan, there has been a lot of heavy rain.
One term that has been used over and over in the news is gerira-gou ゲリラ豪雨, guerrilla rain. It's a sudden heavy downpour. These storms develop quickly, within 30 minutes, and can be very localized. Usual rain or thunderstorms can be predicted days ahead.
I'm not sure what type of storm we had yesterday, but it was another heavy rain storm with thunder thrown in for good measure. Of course, the storm started just as we were going to the other city to teach! Typical!
I was amazed at the many different clouds and the colors in the sky. Mikey is pointing at where the rain was already falling.
This was about 5 minutes later. The rain got really heavy. I don't know if I caught it on the video, but there was lightning about!
Again, a few minutes later. It's hard to see, but the roads were already starting to flood.
One of my students that evening was a bit late. When I asked why, she said that the train from school had stopped because lightning had struck the train signal.
One thing I'm worried about is the price of fruit and vegetables this autumn. These rainstorms have caused significant damage to farms. In one news segment I was watching, a vineyard had lost all the grapes; every bunch of grapes was moldy! I'm wondering how bad other crops have been hit!
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