Guerrilla rainstorm
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Guerrilla rainstorm

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I visit my parents house in Shiga Prefecture once a week, and today I went there with my husband by car because I wanted to bring some heavy items like flower pots and soil for roses .

I cleaned their house and yard, did shopping for them, replanted some roses into larger pots and so on. I did everything quick because it looked like it was about to rain. Because of that, the humidity was really high.

On the way home, we had terrible rain. We call this kind of sudden, super heavy rain a guerrilla rainstorm. Due to climate change, recently we've had these rainstorms more often than before.

Since I wanted to share how terrible it was, I took several photos.

The rain suddenly started and turned heavily so quick that it was hard to see the front.

You can see water pooling here and there in the picture below.

My husband and I were driving through Kyoto City on our way to Osaka. The rain made a instant river on the side of the road so quick.

While driving, we heard the news said we were warned floods, so every time we crossed rivers, we checked the water levels. It felt like the storm was chasing us. When we finally reached Osaka, we saw a dry road for the first time. I was really grateful that my husband drove me. If I had gone alone, I would've definitely had the terrible storm and gotten completely soaked.

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