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Toyohashi City, Aichi Prefecture, Japan: 4: 262 injuries: F3 tornado [81] Nobeoka, Miyazaki tornado: 18 September 2006: Nobeoka, Miyazaki Prefecture , Japan – 3 fatalities, 100 injuries: 2nd deadliest tornado in recent Japanese history [82] 2006 Saroma tornado: 7 November 2006: Saroma, HokkaidÅ, Japan: 9 fatalities, 26 injuries: F3 tornado.
Japan is regularly affected by natural disasters, with the country also being in the Ring of Fire.Two out of the five most expensive natural disasters in recent history have occurred in Japan, in 1995 (~6,500 deaths) and 2011 (~20,000 deaths) – the latter of which had also triggered the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster.
This is a list of Japanese disasters by their death toll.Included in the list are disasters both natural and man-made, but it excludes acts of war and epidemics.The disasters occurred in Japan and its territories or involved a significant number of Japanese citizens in a specific event, where the loss of life was 30 or more.
Other areas of the world that have frequent strong tornadoes include Germany, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Italy, Spain, China, and the Philippines. Australia, France, Russia, areas of the Middle East, and Japan have a history of multiple damaging tornado events.
A meandering storm was headed again toward southwestern Japan on Sunday, prompting fresh warnings about dangerously heavy rainfall after the same area was hit several days ago. Tropical Storm ...
More than 5.2 million people have been issued evacuation notices across the country, authorities said, mainly in Kyushu but also in some areas of central Japan, which have been hit by heavy rain ...
"What the Development Programme of the United Nations (UN) does to reduce the human risks linked to Natural Disasters". United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). Archived from the original on 2015-01-13. "Pioneering Disaster Risk Index (DRI) Tool". United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). Archived from the original on 2014-06-18.
Japan, one of the most earthquake-prone nations on earth, issued its first-ever “megaquake advisory” last week after a powerful quake struck off the southeastern coast of the southern main ...