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  2. 2018 Japan floods - Wikipedia

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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]

  3. 2020 Kyushu floods - Wikipedia

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    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. [4] 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 ...

  4. Typhoon Shanshan drenches Japan, prompting landslide and ...

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    FUKUOKA/YUFU, Japan (Reuters) -Typhoon Shanshan soaked large swathes of Japan with torrential rain on Friday, prompting warnings for flooding and landslides hundreds of miles from the storm's ...

  5. Natural disasters in Japan - Wikipedia

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    Inland, flood management in Japan is also important against river flooding. Many of these projects are also recognizable to us. The government is working on widening the river channels and building dikes. This is to limit the rise in a river's water level by increasing its cross-section and to prevent the land from flooding in times of flooding.

  6. Typhoon Shanshan turns deadly, brings 30 inches of rain to ...

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    Typhoon Shanshan, one of Japan's strongest typhoons in decades, dumped torrential rain across southern regions on August 29, with one person missing and authorities warning of life-threatening ...

  7. Heavy rains cause flooding and mudslides in southwest Japan ...

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    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 ...

  8. Category:Floods in Japan - Wikipedia

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    This list may not reflect recent changes. 0–9. 1938 Hanshin flood; ... 1982 Nagasaki flood; 1993 Kagoshima flood; 2018 Japan floods; 2020 Kyushu floods This page ...

  9. Over 200,000 evacuated as flooding, mudslides strike ... - AOL

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    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.