In Photos: Flooding, landslides hit northern Kyushu

Bewildered residents stand on a road buried in mud in Asakura, Fukuoka Prefecture, on July 6, 2017. (Mainichi)

In this photo taken from a Mainichi Shimbun helicopter, a landslide covers houses in Hita, Oita Prefecture, on July 6, 2017. (Mainichi)

In this photo taken from a Mainichi Shimbun helicopter, a house is surrounded by muddy floodwater from the Hikosan River in the town of Soeda, Fukuoka Prefecture, on July 6, 2017. (Mainichi)

In this photo taken from a Mainichi Shimbun helicopter on July 6, 2017, a section of a bridge in Hita, Oita Prefecture, has been swept away by floodwaters. (Mainichi)

In this photo taken from a Mainichi Shimbun helicopter, houses are buried in mud from a large landslide in Hita, Oita Prefecture, on July 6, 2017. (Mainichi)

In this photo taken from a Mainichi Shimbun helicopter on July 6, 2017, a steel bridge on the JR Kyushu Kyudai Main Line has been washed away by floodwaters in Hita, Oita Prefecture. (Mainichi)

In this photo taken from a Mainichi Shimbun helicopter on July 6, 2017, a large landslide has swallowed houses in Hita, Oita Prefecture. (Mainichi)

Children who had evacuated to Masue Elementary School in Asakura, Fukuoka Prefecture, walk along a road covered in mud and floodwater, on July 6, 2017. (Mainichi)

Houses destroyed by floodwaters from a nearby river are seen in Asakura, Fukuoka Prefecture, on July 6, 2017. (Mainichi)

A car is seen submerged in a swollen river, where the service road and bridge have been rendered impassable, in Asakura, Fukuoka Prefecture, on the morning of July 6, 2017. (Mainichi)

A muddy stream of flood water from heavy rain flows into a house along a river in Asakura, Fukuoka Prefecture, on July 5, 2017. (Mainichi)

A steel bridge on JR Kyushu's Kyudai Main Line is swallowed by the flooded Kagetsu River in Hita, Oita Prefecture, on the morning of July 6, 2017. (Mainichi)

One corner of a house hangs over the swollen Kagetsu River in Hita, Oita Prefecture, on the morning of July 6, 2017, after the riverbank was eroded by the fast-moving waters. (Mainichi)

People wait for the weather to change in front of a convenience store with a flooded parking lot in Asakura, Fukuoka Prefecture, on the morning of July 6, 2017. (Mainichi)

The city of Asakura, Fukuoka Prefecture, is seen flooded due to torrential rain, at around 6:30 p.m. on July 5, 2017. (Mainichi)

Houses and cars are seen flooded in the Fukuoka Prefecture city of Asakura at around 6:30 p.m. on July 5, 2017. (Mainichi)

River water flows into a house in Asakura, Fukuoka Prefecture, at around 7:15 p.m. on July 5, 2017. (Mainichi)

A road in Asakura, Fukuoka Prefecture, is seen submerged due to heavy rain at around 6:30 p.m. on July 5, 2017. (Mainichi)

Water in the Koishiwara River is seen rising close to a bridge in Asakura, Fukuoka Prefecture, at around 5:20 p.m. on July 5, 2017. (Mainichi)