Overall Green alert Flood
in Japan

Event summary

This flood can have a low humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

GDACS ID FL 4169
Death: 3
Displaced: 12000
Countries: Japan
From - To 16 Aug - 19 Aug

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Latest media headlines

Articles: 24 | About casualties: 4 | Last hour: 0

Hiroshima, Japan, Landslides and Flooding Kill at Least 36; 7 MissingWed, 20 Aug 2014 18:47:00 +0200.

Wednesday morning's rain added to what's been a very wet summer for western and central Japan. A landslide in Tokushima Prefecture killed at least one person earlier this month. In July, a boy was killed and dozens were hurt in Nagano Prefe
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Super Typhoon Halong: Japan Inundated With 3...Mon, 11 Aug 2014 03:57:00 +0200.

Tropical Storm Halong was declared a post-tropical cyclone Monday morning (Japanese time) over the Sea of Japan after a long trek that took it past Guam before later dumping as much as 3 1/2 feet of rain on Japan. As Halong approached and c
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Tropical Storm Halong Update: Moving North...Mon, 11 Aug 2014 00:56:00 +0200.

Tropical Storm Halong is churning north over the Sea of Japan after drenching the Japanese mainland with as much as 3 1/2 feet of rain over the weekend. As of 3 a.m. Japanese Standard Time Monday (4 p.m. EDT Sunday in the U.S.), the center
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Typhoon Halong Hits Japan as Authorities Order 1.6 Million to EvacuateSun, 10 Aug 2014 08:36:00 +0200.

Weakened storm heading towards island of Honshu as heavy rain and flooding are forecast.

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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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Exposed population

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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (36), NASA (7), INFORM (1), (1),