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

Updated: this report is based on update number 252.

• Flood Magnitude 5.31
• from 04/07/2012 00:00 UTC to 16/07/2012 23:59 UTC
• 28 killed and 3000 displaced

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Articles: 20 | About casualties: 0 | Last hour: 0

About 3,000 people ordered to evacuate again in Japan's Kyushu
Thu, 19 Jul 2012 13:11:00 +0200   peopledaily (en)

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. According to Japan's public broadcaster NHK, the residents in Aso....

People and organisations: Xinhua News Agency  Kumamoto Prefecture 

3,000 people ordered to evacuate again in Kyushu
Thu, 19 Jul 2012 09:47:00 +0200   chinadaily (en)

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.

People and organisations: Kumamoto Prefecture 

About 3,000 people ordered to evacuate again in Japan's Kyushu
Thu, 19 Jul 2012 08:21:00 +0200   xinhuanet_en (en)

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. According to Japan's public broadcaster NHK, the residents in Aso....

People and organisations: Xinhua News Agency  Kumamoto Prefecture 

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