Details of Disaster Information


Japan : Snowstorm : 2014/02/08
GLIDE: CW-2014-000016-JPN  DRR & Disaster Information

Duration 2014/02/08
Country
   or
District		 Japan
Name Snowstorm
Outline Heavy snow and severe weather struck Tokyo and other areas across Japan on 8 February 2014, leaving five dead and more than 600 injured.

Headline(Source, Date)
Personal Injury Material Damage Others
Cabinet Office 2014/02/10
Killed: 49
Seriously injured: 306
Slightly injured: 657		 Half collapsed houses: 1
Partially collapsed houses: 18
Inundation houses below floor level: 8
Nonresidential buildings: 40

Related Links
Report/Articles
  • Cabinet Office 2014/02/10
    Report of Cabinet Office No.5 as of 17:00, 10 February 2014 (accumulated figures for this season)
  • The Japan Times 2014/02/08
    More than 740 flights were grounded as the weather agency issued a severe storm warning for the capital, while more than 40,000 households lost power.