Japan: Typhoon: 2004/8/17-8/20
GLIDE: TC-2004-000078-JPN
| Period | 2004/8/17-8/20 |
|---|---|
| Country or District | Japan |
| Event Type | Typhoon |
| Outline | The typhoon Megi (T0415) struck Japan, causing major damages in the Tohoku and Shikoku regions. 10 people were dead. |
| Summary | ||
|---|---|---|
| Human Impact | Physical Impact | Others |
| Cabinet Office, White Paper on Disaster Management (2005) 2005/06/01 | ||
| Death: 10 Missing: 0 Injured: 28 |
Collapsed houses: 16 total collapse 88 half collapse 663 partial damage Flooded houses: 400 over the floor 2,326 under the floor |
Evacuation advisory to the total of 5,350 residents |
| Fire and Disaster Management Agency 2002/08/18 | ||
| Death 6 Missing 2 Injured 3 |
Destroyed houses 1, Half destroyed houses 1, Part destroyed house 10 Inundated houses upper floor 11, Inundated houses below floor 1033 |
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Related Links
Report/Articles
Cabinet Office, White Paper on Disaster Management (2005) 2005/06/01
The typhoon Megi (T0415) struck Japan, causing major damages in the Tohoku and Shikoku regions. 10 people were dead.
Fire and Disaster Management Agency 2004/08/27
(Japanese Information) Situation Report No. 13 on the disaster caused by Typhoon MEGI, August 27, 2004.
BBC News 2004/08/20
The tropical typhoon Megi, that wreaked havoc in southern Japan and South Korea, killing 13 people in three days, has hit northern Japan's Honshu island.
CNN News 2004/08/19
Heavy rains battered western Japan as the death toll from landslides and flooding caused by a typhoon rose to nine.
Fire and Disaster Management Agency 2002/08/18
(Japanese Information) Situation Report No. 3 on the disaster caused by Typhoon MEGI, August 18, 2004.
BBC News 2004/08/18
Torrential rainfall and flooding in Japan has left at least four people dead and two others missing in the south of the country.