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Japan:Flood:2013/08/24
Duration 2013/08/24 Torrential rain hit parts of Shimane Prefecture in western Japan on 24 August 2013. Mudslides have been reported in the western part of the prefecture, where record levels of rainfall were observed, and a man went missing Country or District Japan Name Flood
Headline(Source, Date) Personal Injury Material Damage Others Cabinet Office 2013/08/27 Killed: 1
Injured: 2Totally collapsed houses: 3
Halfly collapsed houses: 3
Partially collapsed houses: 19
Inundation above floor level: 159
Inundation below floor level: 606Cabinet Office 2013/08/25 Missing: 1
Injured: 2Totally collapsed houses: 3
Halfly collapsed houses: 0
Partially collapsed houses: 13
Inundation above floor level: 143
Inundation below floor level: 510Cabinet Office 2013/08/24 Missing: 1
Injured: 2Totally collapsed houses: 3
Halfly collapsed houses: 6
Partially collapsed houses: 74
Inundation above floor level: 87
Inundation below floor level: 235
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- Cabinet Office 2013/08/27
Report of Cabinet Office No.6 as of 18:30, 27 August 2013- Cabinet Office 2013/08/25
Report of Cabinet Office No.3 as of 19:00, 25 August 2013- Cabinet Office 2013/08/24
Report of Cabinet Office No.2 as of 18:30, 24 August 2013- The Mainich Newspapers 2013/08/24
In Shimane prefecture, around 36,000 residents of some 14,000 households were urged to evacuate as of 9:30 a.m.Geographycal Data Information
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Urgent Report from Supporting Members of the Asian Disaster Reduction Center
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