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1978 Tokyo tornado: 28 February 1978: Japan: ≥1: 36 injuries: Longest path length Japanese tornado at 41.2 km (25.6 mi) Damaged 289 homes and derailed a train [76] [78] Hachirohgata village tornado: 11 January 1987: Hachirohgata village, Akita Prefecture, Japan: ≥1: None: Longest duration Japanese tornado at 41 minutes [76] Mobara tornado ...
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.
A fire whirl, fire devil or fire tornado is a whirlwind induced by a fire and often (at least partially) composed of flame or ash. These start with a whirl of wind , often made visible by smoke , and may occur when intense rising heat and turbulent wind conditions combine to form whirling eddies of air.
STORY: The tornado, a very rare event in France, formed in a matter of minutes on Sunday (October 23) night with winds above 124 mph (200 km/h), taking residents and authorities aback.Local ...
An Oct. 11 Facebook video (direct link, archive link) shows a series of tornado clips. "Tornado in Dallas," reads text superimposed over the video. The post's caption includes the hashtag "#2024."
A Nov. 20 Instagram video (direct link, archive link) shows a montage of large and destructive tornadoes. "Tornado Dallas USA 2024," reads text superimposed over the video, which garnered more ...
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 .
On December 7, 1941, Japanese forces attacks Pearl Harbor in the United States which is neutral in World War II, thus bringing the U.S. into the conflict; the attack is presented as a Japanese disaster, "A Day of Infamy", bombing a neutral country, missing key targets, and provoking a war they could never win. 2,403 victims are killed and 1,178 ...