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Japan: Heavy rain: 2023/07/01 Country Information on DRR

Period 2023/07/01
Country or District Japan
Event Type Heavy rain
Outline Downpours triggered by an active rain front lashed Kyushu region of the southwestern Japan and the western prefecture of Yamaguchi on 1 July 2023, claiming the life of a man whose vehicle was swept into a canal in the city of Yamaguchi, and leaving one person missing after a landslide struck a home in Oita Prefecture.
Summary
Human Impact Physical Impact Others
Cabinet Office 2023/07/18
Killed: 13
Missing: 1
Secerely injured: 4
Slightly injured: 10
Totally damaged houses: 136
Halfly damaged houses: 49
Partially damaged houses: 171
Houses inundated above floor level: 768
Houses inundated below floor level: 2,078
Cabinet Office 2023/07/12
Killed: 8
Missing: 4
Secerely injured: 4
Slightly injured: 10
Totally damaged houses: 13
Halfly damaged houses: 42
Partially damaged houses: 180
Houses inundated above floor level: 441
Houses inundated below floor level: 869
Cabinet Office 2023/07/10
Killed: 1
Missing: 4
Secerely injured: 2
Slightly injured: 4
Totally damaged houses: 5
Halfly damaged houses: 39
Partially damaged houses: 134
Houses inundated above floor level: 400
Houses inundated below floor level: 774
Cabinet Office 2023/07/04
Killed: 1
Slightly injured: 1
Evacuation order (alert level 4): 66,566 people in 33,419 households
Totally damaged houses: 2
Halfly damaged houses: 1
Partially damaged houses: 5
Houses inundated above floor level: 200
Houses inundated below floor level: 227
Cabinet Office 2023/07/01
Slightly injured: 1
Evacuation order (alert level 4): 352,903 people in 165,989 households

Totally damaged houses: 2
Houses inundated below floor level: 5

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Report/Articles

Cabinet Office 2023/07/18
Report of Cabinet Office as at 08:30, 18 July 2023

Cabinet Office 2023/07/12
Report of Cabinet Office as at 08:30, 12 July 2023

Cabinet Office 2023/07/10
Report of Cabinet Office as at 11:30, 10 July 2023

Cabinet Office 2023/07/04
Report of Cabinet Office as at 08:30, 4 July 2023

Cabinet Office 2023/07/01
Report of Cabinet Office as at 13:30, 1 July 2023

The Mainichi 2023/07/01
1 dead, 1 missing as heavy rain strikes southwest Japan; 'linear' downpours reported