Overall Green Flood alert in Japan from 12 Jul 2024 01:00 UTC to 14 Jul 2024 01:00 UTC

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Overall Green alert Flood

in Japan

Event summary

This flood can have a low humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

GDACS ID	FL 1102760
Death:	6
Displaced:	55
Countries:	Japan
From - To	12 Jul - 14 Jul

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Southern Japan, Mid-July 2024Local media in Japan reported heavy rain triggered a landslide in Matsuyama City in Ehime Prefecture on 12 July 2024. Heavy rain also prompted authorities to issue evacuation alerts and orders for areas of Kagoshima and Nagasaki Prefectures, among others.Sun 14 Jul 2024FloodList provided by Copernicus GloFAS

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Latest media headlines

Articles: 9 | About casualties: 1 | Last hour: 1

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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (36), (2), NASA (4), WMO (1), INFORM (2),

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