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GLIDE: MS-2009-000146-JPN
Japan:Flood:2009/07/21-26
Duration 2009/07/21-26 Floods, debris flow, and sediment disaters have triggered by torrential rain caused severe damages in Yamaguchi Prefecture on 19-21 July 21 2009, and in northern part of Kyushu region, Sanin region, and Hokuriku region on 24-26 July 2009. Country or District Japan Name Flood
Headline(Source, Date) Personal Injury Material Damage Others Report of Fire and Disaster Management Agency No.27 (as of 15 Sep.) Dead: 31
Injured: 46Totally collapsed houses: 47
Halfly collapsed houses: 99
Partially collapsed houses: 192
Houses inundated over floor: 2,155
Houses inundated under floor 9,549Landslides: 1,757 areas Report of Fire and Disaster Management Agency No.25 (as of 24 Aug.) Dead: 30
Injured: 49Totally collapsed houses: 51
Halfly collapsed houses: 92
Partially collapsed houses: 181
Houses inundated over floor: 2,0678
Houses inundated under floor 9,230Landslides: 1,608 areas Report of Fire and Disaster Management Agency No.23 (as of 10 Aug.) Dead: 30
Injured: 43Totally collapsed houses: 48
Halfly collapsed houses: 65
Partially collapsed houses: 180
Houses inundated over floor: 2,148
Houses inundated under floor 8,861Landslides: 1,586 areas Report of Fire and Disaster Management Agency No.18 Dead: 28
Missing: 2
Injured: 20Totally collapsed houses: 33
Halfly collapsed houses: 46
Partially collapsed houses: 185
Houses inundated over floor: 1,878
Houses inundated under floor 7,407Report of Fire and Disaster Management Agency No.16 Dead: 27
Missing: 3
Injured: 17Totally collapsed houses: 33
Halfly collapsed houses: 45
Partially collapsed houses: 163
Houses inundated over floor: 1,780
Houses inundated under floor 7,022Report of Fire and Disaster Management Agency No.14 Dead: 14
Missing: 3
Injured: 3Totally collapsed houses: 24
Halfly collapsed houses: 27
Partially collapsed houses: 30
Houses inundated over floor: 606
Houses inundated under floor 2,585Report of Fire and Disaster Management Agency No.10 Dead: 11
Missing: 6
Injured: 3Totally collapsed houses: 5
Halfly collapsed houses: 1
Partially collapsed houses: 14
Houses inundated over floor: 235
Houses inundated under floor 1,292Report of Fire and Disaster Management Agency No.7 Dead: 8
Missing: 9
Injured: 3Totally collapsed houses: 1
Halfly collapsed houses: 1
Partially collapsed houses: 14
Houses inundated over floor: 94
Houses inundated under floor 581
Specific Matters
Related Links
Report/Articles
- Report of Fire and Disaster Management Agency
(pdf file, Japanese) Report of disaster by torrential rain in July No.27 as of 18:00, 15 September- Report of Fire and Disaster Management Agency
(pdf file, Japanese) Report of disaster by torrential rain in July No.25 as of 67:00, 24 August- Report of Fire and Disaster Management Agency
(pdf file, Japanese) Report of disaster by torrential rain in July No.23 as of 17:00, 10 August- Report of Fire and Disaster Management Agency No.18
Report of Fire and Disaster Management Agency No.18 as of 18:30, 30 July- Report of Fire and Disaster Management Agency No.16
Report of Fire and Disaster Management Agency No.16 as of 19:00, 28 July 2009
(incl. damages in Yamaguchi prefecture from 21 July and those in Chugoku and Kyushu regions from 24 July)- Report of Fire and Disaster Management Agency No.14
Report of Fire and Disaster Management Agency No.14 as of 19:00, 26 July 2009- Report of Fire and Disaster Management Agency No.10
Report of Fire and Disaster Management Agency No.10 as of 20:00, 23 July 2009- Report of Fire and Disaster Management Agency No.7
Report of Fire and Disaster Management Agency No.7 as of 21:30, 22 July 2009- NIKKEI NET 2009/07/22(Japanese)
On July 21, 2009, floods by heavy rain killed 5 people and 11 missing in western Japan, Yamaguchi Prefecture.Geographycal Data Information
Emergency Relief Information
Urgent Report from Supporting Members of the Asian Disaster Reduction Center
Pictures
- JAXA 2009/07/27
Observation Results of the Advanced Land Observing Satellite Daichi (ALOS) relating to heavy rain in Chugoku and Kyushu regions- JAXA 2009/07/23
Observation Results of the Advanced Land Observing Satellite Daichi (ALOS) relating to landslides in Yamaguchi prefecture