Overall Green Flood in Japan from 04 Jul 2012 00:00 UTC to 16 Jul 2012 00:00 UTC

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Overall Green Flood

in Japan

Event summary

Flood can have a low humanitarian impact based on the magnitude, exposed population and vulnerability.

GDACS ID	FL 3947
Glide number:	FL-2012-000114-JPN
Death:	28
Displaced:	3000
Countries:	Japan
From - To	04 Jul - 16 Jul

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Latest media headlines

About 3,000 people ordered to evacuate again in Japan's Kyushu 7/19/2012 1:11:00 PM.

OSAKA, July 19 (Xinhua) -- About 3,000 people in a city of southwestern Japanese island of Kyushu were forced to evacuate their homes again on Thursday due to threats of landslide and flood caused by heavy rain, local press reported. Accord

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3,000 people ordered to evacuate again in Kyushu 7/19/2012 9:47:00 AM.

About 3,000 people in a city of southwestern Japanese island of Kyushu were forced to evacuate their homes again on Thursday due to threats of landslide and flood caused by heavy rain.

About 3,000 people ordered to evacuate again in Japan's Kyushu 7/19/2012 8:21:00 AM.

OSAKA, July 19 (Xinhua) -- About 3,000 people in a city of southwestern Japanese island of Kyushu were forced to evacuate their homes again on Thursday due to threats of landslide and flood caused by heavy rain, local press reported. Accord

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Tech Companies Flood Into Malaysia 7/19/2012 2:55:00 AM.

Following last year's earthquake in Japan and floods in Thailand, global manufacturers are looking to Penang and elsewhere to broaden their supply chains for everything from car parts to semiconductors to hard-disk drives.

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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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