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Japan : Typhoon : 2003/08/08
GLIDE: ST-2003-000388-JPN  DRR & Disaster Information

Duration 2003/08/08
Country
   or
District
Japan
Name Typhoon
Outline On 8 August 2003 Typhoon hit the Japan. Typhoon has reportedly killed people in Kochi. Many people are evacuated in Japan.

Headline(Source, Date)
Personal Injury Material Damage Others
Situation Report by Fire and Disaster Management Agency, Japan (as of August 11)
10 Dead
10 Missing
18 Seriously Injured
72 Slightly injured
Totally collapsed - 9 houses
Half collapsed - 14 houses
Inundated above floor - 367 houses

BBC news 2003/08/11
Dead: at least 7 people
Missing: at least 10 people
Injured: 79 people

Flooded: more than 700 homes



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