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Mabi, Kurashiki, Okayama In late June through mid-July 2018, successive heavy downpours in southwestern Japan resulted in widespread, devastating floods and mudflows.The event is officially referred to as Heisei san-jū-nen shichi-gatsu gōu (平成30年7月豪雨, "Heavy rain of July, Heisei 30") by the Japan Meteorological Agency. [1]
The Japan Meteorological Agency issued an emergency heavy rain warning for Fukuoka and Oita prefectures on the southern main island of Kyushu, urging residents in riverside and hillside areas to ...
Atami is a pacific coastal city, located 68 miles south east of Tokyo, Japan, in the eastern most tip of the Shizuoka Prefecture and northeast of the Izu Peninsula.It has a total population of 34,280 people and more than 50% of Atami's population is over 60 years old within the area of 61.78km², according to the 2020 census.
The mountainous terrain of Japan places it at risk for flooding and landslides. These climate events have killed hundreds of people, and expert analysis has stated global warming is a contributing cause. [5] The Kuma River basin had previously flooded in 1965. One of three major rapids in Japan, the Kuma is a 115-kilometer-long (71 mi) class A ...
Japan's Meteorological Agency (JMA) issued a dire warning for flooding and landslides for two prefectures in southwestern portions of Japan as an unprecedented deluge unfolded Friday into Saturday.
Just after 5 a.m. on August 30, water began flooding a vast underground chamber called the "cathedral" just north of Tokyo. The gushing water, captured by security cameras, was the rain that was ...
Record rainfall has brought deadly flooding and landslides to a coastal region of Japan still recovering from a devastating New Year’s Day earthquake.. Japan’s weather agency issued its ...
Flood management has been important in Japan for generations. The first form of flood management dates back to the 4th century when the Manda-no-tsutsumi (Manda Levee) was built at the Yodo River. Here a narrow path runs along the old river near the inhabited areas. Today there is a monument. [14]