Asian Disaster Reduction Center（ADRC）

Period	2023/08/01
Country or District	Japan
Event Type	Typhoon
Outline	Typhoon No. 6 (Asian name: Khanun) brought punishing winds to the southernmost Okinawa Prefecture from 1 August 2023, causing power outages and contributing to at least one death. As of 10 a.m. on 2 August, a total of 215,800 homes in the prefecture were without electricity, or about 30 percent of all homes, according to Okinawa Electric Power Co. All flights in and out Naha Airport were canceled on 2 August as well as all ships sailing in and out of Naha Port.

Summary
Human Impact	Physical Impact	Others
Cabinet Office 2023/08/10
Dead: 1 Seriously injured: 7 Slightly injured: 75 Evacuation order : (alert level 5) 5,201 people (2,440 households), (alert level 4): 65,061 people (33,545 households)	Halfly damaged houses: 3 Partially damaged houses: 30 Flooded above floor level: 9 Flooded under floor level: 22	Maximum number of units without power: approx. 217,800 (in service area of Okinawa Electric Power Company, as of 7:30, 2 August) Approx. 18,140 units (Kyushu Electric Power Co., as of 11:00, 9 August) Approx. 2,800 (Shikoku Electric Power Company service area, as of 05:00, 7 August) Approx. 3,000 units (Chugoku Electric Power Co., as of 10:00, 10 August)
Cabinet Office 2023/08/07
Dead: 1 Seriously injured: 6 Slightly injured: 65 Evacuation order : (alert level 5) 271 people (112 households), (alert level 4): 68,967 people (38,581 households)	Halfly damaged houses: 4 Partially damaged houses: 10 Flooded above floor level: 6 Flooded under floor level: 2	Electricity failure: Approx. 1,100 houses in Okinawa and Amami
Cabinet Office 2023/08/03
Seriously injured: 3 Slightly injured: 38 Evacuation order (alert level 4): 197,971 people (95,723 households)	Halfly damaged houses: 1 Partially damaged houses: 4 Flooded above floor level: 1 Flooded under floor level: 3	Electricity failure: Approx. 180,000 houses

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Japan: Typhoon: 2023/08/01