Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
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.
2016 Indian floods by monsoon rain India: 2016 1,000 [citation needed] 1961 Bihar flood India: 1961 992 1957 Isahaya flood, massive rain and mudslide Japan: 1957 941 Inuyama Iruka pond dam failure Japan: 1868 933 1938 Hanshin flood, mainly Tokyo, Kobe, massive rain and landslide Japan: 1938 915 Barcelona, flash flood: Spain: 1962 903
JMA forecast up to 30 centimeters (11 inches) of rainfall in Shikoku and central Japan, and up to 15 centimeters (about 6 inches) for Tokyo and nearby prefectures in the next 24 hours through ...
The most devastating recorded natural disaster to affect Japan by death toll was the 1923 Great Kantō earthquake, which killed ~105,000 and a further ~6,000 due to the Kantō Massacre in its immediate aftermath. Japan has also been the site of some of the 10 worst natural disasters of the 21st century.
Fierce Typhoon Shanshan winds force planes to abort landings at airport in Japan. Shanshan weakened but leaves disorder in its path. Saturday 31 August 2024 14:59, Joe Middleton. Shanshan has now ...
Millions of people were ordered to evacuate their homes as Typhoon Shanshan lashed southwest Japan with strong winds and torrential rain on Thursday, knocking out power, snarling air traffic and ...
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 climate from June to September is marked by hot, wet weather brought by tropical airflows from the Pacific Ocean and Southeast Asia. [1] These air flows are full of moisture and deposit substantial amounts of rain when they reach land. [1] There is a marked rainy season, beginning in early June and continuing for about a month. [1]