The number of casualties has increased following heavy rainfall, floods and landslides in south-western Honshu and northern Kyushu Islands since the start of July. According to the Fire and Disaster...
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Japan - Severe weather, update (DG ECHO, JMA, FDMA, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 10 July 2023)
The number of casualties and the amount of damage is increasing in south-western Japan, particularly southern Honshu and most of Kyushu, following torrential rain that has been causing floods and...
Japan - Floods and landslides (JMA, Media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 09 July 2023)
Heavy rainfall and landslides have been affecting the Shimane Prefecture and other western areas of Japan since yesterday (8 July). The Shimane Prefecture is most affected, with 20 river overflows...
Japan - Severe weather (Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA), media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 04 July 2023)
Heavy rainfall has been affecting western Honshu and Kyushu islands, south-west Japan, since 1 July, causing floods and triggering landslides that have resulted in casualties and damage. According to...
Japan - Floods, update (media, JMA) (ECHO Daily Flash of 11 August 2022)
Heavy rainfall continues to affect northern Japan after the severe floods that affected northern and central-northern Prefectures of Honshu Island last week. Since 8 August, recent heavy rainfall...
Japan - Floods and landslides (FDMA, FloodList, JMA) (ECHO Daily Flash of 05 August 2022)
Heavy rainfall has been affecting the northern and north-central Prefectures of Honshu Island (Japan's main island), particularly Aomori, Akita, Iwate, Ishikawa, Yamagata, Niigata, Fukui and...
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Tropical Cyclone Japan, Taiwan, China - Tropical Cyclone IN-FA update (GDACS, JTWC, JMA, CWB Taiwan, CMA) (ECHO Daily Flash of 23 July 2021)
Tropical Cyclone IN-FA is moving north-westwards towards southern Ryukyu Islands (southern Japan). On 23 July at 0.00 UTC, its centre was 70 km south of Miyakojima Island, with maximum sustained...
Japan - Floods (JMA, Floodlist, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 12 July 2021)
Heavy rain has been affecting south-western Japan (in particular the Kagoshima Prefecture in Kyushu Island) since 10 July, causing floods that have resulted in evacuations and damage. Media report,...
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Japan, China, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Republic of Korea - Tropical Cyclone MAYSAK update (GDACS, JTWC, FDMA, JMA, NOAA, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 02 September 2020)
Tropical Cyclone MAYSAK continues moving north over the East China Sea towards the southern Korean Peninsula. On 2 September at 0.00 UTC, its centre was approximately 318 km south-east of Jeju Island...
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Japan, China, Democratic Republic of Korea, Republic of Korea - Tropical Cyclone MAYSAK (GDACS, JTWC, JMA, CMA, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 31 August 2020)
A new Tropical Cyclone named MAYSAK, formed on 28 August, is moving north-northwest over the Philippines Sea. On 31 August at 0.00 UTC, its centre was approximately 392 km south-east of Miyako-jima...
Japan - Floods and landslides (JMA, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 30 July 2020)
Since 27 July, torrential rain affected Yamagata Prefecture (northern Honshu), causing floods triggered by the overflow of Mogami River that has resulted in casualties and widespread damage...
AMDA Emergency Relief #10: Flood Disaster in Kyushu, Japan (28 July 2020)
On 23 July 2020, AMDA personnel in the Sagaramura village in flood-hit Kumamoto Prefecture successfully completed their mission and withdrew from the locality. In order to assess the residents’...
AMDA Emergency Relief #9: Flood Disaster in Kyushu, Japan (21 July 2020)
On 19 July 2020, AMDA’s relief team which had been working at Dai-ichi Junior High School, an evacuation shelter in flood-struck Hitoyoshi City, Kumamoto Prefecture completed its relief work and...
AMDA Emergency Relief #8: Flood Disaster in Kyushu, Japan (17 July 2020)
Activity tracking of AMDA personnel from the evening of 13 July to the following day revealed that there was no one that came in close contact with an aid worker from Kagawa Prefecture who was...
AMDA Emergency Relief #7: Flood Disaster in Kyushu, Japan (15 July 2020)
As of 13 July 2020, AMDA’s relief team has been offering judo therapy (bone setting) at Daiichi Junior High School, an evacuation shelter in disaster-hit Hitoyoshi City, Kumamoto Prefecture. At the...
AMDA Emergency Relief #6: Flood Disaster in Kyushu, Japan (14 July 2020)
Since 11 July 2020, AMDA’s relief team has added new services, namely, acupuncture and bone setting (judo therapy) to its aid work at an evacuation shelter in disaster-hit Hitoyoshi City, Kumamoto...
AMDA Emergency Relief #5: Flood Disaster in Kyushu, Japan (13 July 2020)
As of 10 July, AMDA’s relief team has been working at Dai-ichi Junior High School, an evacuation shelter in flood-hit Hitoyoshi City, Kumamoto Prefecture. 1. Dai-ichi Junior High School AMDA team...
AMDA Emergency Relief #4: Flood Disaster in Kyushu, Japan (10 July 2020)
Since 8 July, AMDA’s relief team has been working at Dai-ichi Junior High School, an evacuation shelter in Hitoyoshi City, Kumamoto Prefecture which was devastated by the torrential downpours. AMDA...
AMDA Emergency Relief #3: Flood Disaster in Kyushu, Japan (9 July 2020)
From the evening of 6 July to the following day, one doctor and one nurse from AMDA’s advance team continued to work at Sakura Dome, a local evacuation shelter at the disaster-hit Kumamura village in...
AMDA Emergency Relief #2: Flood Disaster in Kyushu, Japan (8 July 2020)
Part of AMDA's relief team (one doctor and one nurse) entered hard-hit Hitoyoshi City in Kumamoto Prefecture on 6 July. Upon arrival, AMDA personnel partook in a disaster relief coordination meeting...