Japan: Landslide: 2016/06/20
GLIDE: FL-2016-000063-JP
| Period | 2016/06/20 |
|---|---|
| Country or District | Japan |
| Event Type | Landslide |
| Outline | Two people died and three were missing in Kumamoto Prefecture, western Japan in the morning of 21 June 2016 as torrential rain since the previous night caused mudslides and flooded irrigation channels. |
| Summary | ||
|---|---|---|
| Human Impact | Physical Impact | Others |
| Cabinet Office 2016/06/27 | ||
| Killed: 6 Missing:1 Seriously injured: 3 Slightly injured: 6 |
Destroyed houses: 11 Halfly damaged houses: 15 Partially damaged houses: 85 Inundation above floor level: 389 Inundation below floor level: 1,129 Nonresidential building: 120 |
Debris flow: 34 Landslide: 2 Slope failure: 177 |
| Cabinet Office 2016/06/23 | ||
| Killed: 6 Seriously injured: 2 Slightly injured: 3 |
Destroyed houses: 4 Partially damaged houses: 17 Inundation above floor level: 225 Inundation below floor level: 812 Nonresidential building: 6 |
Debris flow: 11 Landslide: 1 Slope failure: 85 |
| Cabinet Office 2016/06/22 | ||
| Killed: 6 Seriously injured: 1 |
Destroyed houses: 2 Partially damaged houses: 9 Inundation above floor level: 133 Inundation below floor level: 468 Nonresidential building: 1 |
Debris flow: 5 Slope failure: 45 |
| Cabinet Office 2016/06/20 | ||
| Killed: 3 Missing: 3 Seriously injured: 1 |
Destroyed houses: 1 Partially damaged houses: 7 Inundation above floor level: 16 Inundation below floor level: 46 Nonresidential building: 1 |
Debris flow: 8 |
Related Links
Report/Articles
Cabinet Office 2016/06/27
Report of Cabinet Office as at 07:30, 23 June 2016
Cabinet Office 2016/06/23
Report of Cabinet Office as at 07:30, 23 June 2016
Cabinet Office 2016/06/22
Report of Cabinet Office as at 11:00, 22 June 2016
Cabinet Office 2016/06/20
Report of Cabinet Office as at 10:15, 21 June 2016
Japantimes 2016/06/21
The town of Kosa in Kumamoto Prefecture recorded rainfall of 150 mm per hour late Monday night and early Tuesday morning, while the city of Unzen, Nagasaki Prefecture, recorded 124.5 mm per hour and the city of Uto, Kumamoto, 122 mm. The Kumamoto Prefectural Government has issued mudslide warnings to 30 municipalities noting that the the series of quakes that began in April have made ground loose in many areas.