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Special heavy rain warnings have been issued for Fukuoka and Oita Prefectures. The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism and the Japan Meteorological Agency issued warning level 5 indicating that disasters have already occurred in major rivers in Oita, Fukuoka, and Saga prefectures. Warning level 4 was also issued indicating possible flooding (as of 9 am JST, July 10).

On the morning of July 10, an advance team from ARROWS departed for Asakura City, Fukuoka Prefecture, where the damage was said to be severe, to conduct a needs assessment.