Overall Green Flood
in Japan

Event summary

Flood can have a low humanitarian impact based on the magnitude, exposed population and vulnerability.

GDACS ID FL 1103993
Death: 1
Displaced: -
Countries: Japan
From - To 24 Jun - 03 Jul

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Japan, Early July 2026Heavy rain caused flooding and landslides in areas of Japan in early July 2026. Ground was already saturated and many areas were still recovering from heavy rain brought by storms Mekkhala and Higos in late June 2026.Fri 3 Jul 2026Provided by Copernicus EMS GloFAS
Detailed event map. European Union, 2026. 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.

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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (36), NASA (3), WMO (1), INFORM (2), (1),