After Typhoon Number 12

I'm not sure how much of this made it to American news. This last weekend, Japan got clobbered. Typhoon number 12 rolled over most of Japan at a slow, deliberate pace, which meant we had heavy rains for extended periods of time. Today's news is full of video of towns and villages that have been flooded, overrun by mudslides, and so forth. Plenty of roads have had bridges destroyed, sections undercut and falling, or rock and mudslides. Add in trees that fell over and the other normal hazards of heavy weather, and it's a mess.
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Oh, well. Today, here in the Kansai area, it's a beautiful fall day, lovely blue sky, a few fluffy white clouds slowly drifting. I think Hokkaido is still catching the last tail end, but mostly the rains have passed. Now it's time to dry off and dig out from under again.