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 1102777
Death: 1
Displaced: -
Countries: Japan
From - To 25 Jul - 27 Jul

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Japan, Late July 2024Heavy rain in late July 2024 triggered floods and landslides in areas of Japan in particular Yamagata, Shiga and Akita prefectures.Sat 27 Jul 2024FloodList provided by Copernicus GloFAS
Detailed event map. European Union, 2024. Map produced by EC-JRC.
The boundaries and the names shown on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the European Union.

Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Number of natural disaster monuments on state map increasing in Japan 7/30/2024 4:38:00 AM.

The number of natural disaster monuments marked on the GSI Map, a web-based map of the Geospatial Information Authority of Japan, or GSI, has been increasing steadily since the adoption of a dedicated map symbol five years ago. In a related
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Olympics: Judoka Uta Abe suffers shock 2nd-round defeat 7/28/2024 1:23:00 PM.

Japan's Uta Abe fell in a shock ippon second-round defeat to Diyora Keldiyorova of Uzbekistan in the women's 52-kilogram competition at the Paris Olympics on Sunday. The defending Olympic champion was looking for a repeat performance in cap
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MMDA suggests waste incineration to ease Metro Manila's flooding woes 7/27/2024 12:40:00 PM.

Amid the massive trash that was blamed for the massive flood brought by Typhoon Carina-enhanced Habagat, the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) floated the idea of incinerating solid waste in the National Capital Region (NCR).
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Holiday warning as another beautiful country could put ban on tourists 7/26/2024 4:18:00 PM.

The nation has already welcomed 17.7 million overseas arrivals this year, almost double the 10.7 million foreign tourists who made the trip last year. Despite the record high providing a welcome economic boost, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

USGS estimates the number of casualties for each earthquake for the Prompt Assessment of Global Earthquakes for Response (PAGER) product.
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Exposed population

Data, images, links, services and documents

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