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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 ...
An 80-year-old man and a man whose roof fell on him are the latest to be ... People have shared concerning footage of extreme flooding in Japan as ... Japan. The video shows Flight 1408 from South ...
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 ...
A total of 42 people have been confirmed dead due to torrential rains which caused landslides and flooding, particularly in Kyushu, [39] [43] where two still remained missing and leaving 39 people injured. [40] [36] Total damages in Japan were amounted to be ¥190 billion (US$1.68 billion). [40]
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 ...
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]
In 2021, there were an estimated 972 landslide disasters in Japan. [2] Prior to the Atami landslide there had been very heavy rainfall from 30 June 2021 with flash floods. [3] The city received a total of 432.5mm of rainfall over the four days prior to 3 July 2021, exceeding the average monthly rainfall of 243mm. [3]
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 ...