Overall Orange alert Flood
in Japan

Event summary

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

GDACS ID FL 4292
Glide number: TC-000124-JPN
Death: 3
Displaced: 100000
Countries: Japan
From - To 09 Sep - 11 Sep

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Latest media headlines

Articles: 102 | About casualties: 13 | Last hour: 0

Blood moon: Does 'end of the world' claim have Biblical roots?Tue, 15 Sep 2015 16:29:00 +0200.

The moon will appear reddish in several parts of the world on the intervening nights of 27 and 28 September due to a phenomenon called "blood moon" which will see supermoon and total lunar eclipse happening at the same time. It is something
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Japan flood: 2.8M advised to evacuateSun, 13 Sep 2015 17:18:00 +0200.

In Miyagi prefecture, there were two deaths, including a woman found dead in her floating car. In Tochigi prefecture, north of the capital, Tokyo, three deaths were reported. Two additional deaths were reported in Ibaraki prefecture. In som
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Coldest winter for 50 years? Let's blame El Niño...Sun, 13 Sep 2015 13:49:00 +0200.

There has been much talk of the El Niño phenomenon bringing the coldest winter in 50 years to the UK - but does it really have that much influence on our climate? Well, not really, as ITV News weather presenter Becky Mantin explains. The E
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Asia: Death toll rises to five after Japan floodSun, 13 Sep 2015 10:38:00 +0200.

A pet dog is being rescued by Japanese Self-Defence Force's 1st Infantry Regiment soldiers by boat at a residential area flooded by the Kinugawa river, caused by Typhoon Etau, in Joso, Ibaraki prefecture, Japan, September 12, 2015. The numb
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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