The first disturbing news from Japan came on June 30, when 26,000 residents of Miyazaki Prefecture on the island of Kyushu were advised to evacuate.

Typhoon Prapirun, number 7 in Japan, was reported to be moving from Pacific Ocean on North. It was expected that on Sunday and Monday, the southwestern regions of Japan would be under its influence. The typhoon was accompanied by heavy rains, which could trigger landslides and mudflows.

Already by July 1, the approach of Typhoon Prapirun to the southern Japanese islands led to the cancellation of about 250 flights and the suspension of maritime communications.

The first victim of the elements became known on July 2. According to the Japanese TV channel NHK, four people were injured in the southern prefecture of Okinawa. In South Korea, according to the Yonhap news agency, one person was injured, another was killed, and two were missing.

Precipitation continues

The day before, meteorologists warned that showers with an intensity of up to 200 millimeters per hour will continue in the southwestern and central regions Japan and today.

By Sunday morning, more than 1,050 millimeters of rain had fallen in Gifu Prefecture, 745 millimeters in Ehime Prefecture, 465 millimeters in Kyoto, 442 millimeters in Hiroshima, 430 millimeters in Hyogo, in Okayama Prefecture, where in some areas houses were flooded up to the second floor and above - 310 millimeters. This is 2-3 times more than the average monthly norm.


Deadly flood hits Japan, death toll rises to 100

As a result of devastating flooding in Japan, caused by heavy downpours and landslides after the tsunami, over the past two days, 100 people have died.

In addition, as stated by the chief secretary of the Cabinet of Ministers of Japan Yoshihide Suga, 68 people are missing, according to the Associated Press.

The authorities are urging people not to return to the affected houses yet, as they may be dangerous, and to wait until they are examined by specialists.


Japanese PM cancels overseas visits due to floods

The number of victims of floods and landslides in Japan continues to grow, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, in this regard, is forced to cancel a visit to Europe and the Middle East, Japanese media reported.

According to the NHK TV channel, the death toll has reached 109 people, 79 more are considered missing, among the injured three more are in serious condition.

As reported by the Kyodo agency, the tragedy caused Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to cancel a trip to Europe and the Middle East. General Secretary Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, Toshihiro Nikai, met with the prime minister on Monday and relayed to reporters his words that "there is no other choice but to cancel" the trip.

Which companies stopped working during the floods in Japan

The flood also affected the activities of companies. Mazda Motor Corp said it was forced to close its Hiroshima head office on Monday.

The automaker who last week Suspended several plants, said two of them would not reopen until Tuesday as the company could not get the parts it needed, although none of the plants were affected.

Electronics manufacturer Panasonic said work at one of its factories is still suspended due to ground floor flooding.

Shares of several companies declined but suffered modest losses. At the same time, Mazda's shares rose as investors considered the damage caused by the flood to be negligible.

While evacuation orders are down from the weekend, nearly two million people are still ordered or advised not to return to their homes, fire and emergency officials said.

It is too early to estimate the overall extent of the damage, but it is likely to be limited, economists said.


Putin expressed condolences in connection with the victims of the flood in Japan

Vladimir Putin sent a telegram of condolences to Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in connection with the casualties and massive destruction caused by floods and landslides in Japan. This was reported in the press service of the Kremlin.

In the telegram, Putin noted that Russia shares the grief of the relatives and friends of the victims. In addition, the President wished get well soon injured.

Binance to Donate $1M to Japan Flood Affected

Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao said he will donate $1 million to flood and landslide victims in western Japan.

On his Twitter, he expressed his condolences to all those affected and wrote that he was ready to transfer the first part of the funds in the form of ether, bitcoin, yen or BNB tokens. The head of the crypto exchange also asks the partners of the company to join and help those in need.

Flooding in Japan - video

ALMATY, July 8 - Sputnik. The death toll from the rains and subsequent flooding in Japan is on the rise, with 81 deaths known as of Sunday, local media reported.

The largest number of deaths was recorded in Hiroshima Prefecture in the southwest of the island of Honshu, as well as in Ehime Prefecture on the island of Shikoku.

According to the NHK television channel, six people are unconscious, another 60 people are missing.

Scale of consequences

More than 4.3 million people in Japan were instructed or advised to evacuate, which in turn triggered landslides.

According to the Kyodo news agency, recommendations or instructions to evacuate are in effect in 23 of the country's 47 prefectures. More than 54,000 police officers, firefighters and members of the country's self-defense forces have been deployed to eliminate the consequences of the disaster and conduct rescue operations.

In the morning, an emergency government headquarters began working at the office of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to collect and analyze information on the consequences of heavy rains and coordinate the work of departments involved in eliminating the consequences of the rampant disaster. During the meeting, Abe stressed that "the safety of many citizens has not yet been confirmed," and called for every effort to carry out rescue activities and evacuate the victims.

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How it all began

The first disturbing news from Japan came on June 30, when 26,000 residents of Miyazaki Prefecture on the island of Kyushu were advised to evacuate.

Typhoon Prapirun, number 7 in Japan, was reported to be heading north from the Pacific Ocean. It was expected that on Sunday and Monday, the southwestern regions of Japan would be under its influence. The typhoon was accompanied by heavy rains, which could trigger landslides and mudflows.

© REUTERS / Kyodo

Already by July 1, the approach of Typhoon Prapirun to the southern Japanese islands led to the cancellation of about 250 flights and the suspension of maritime communications.

The first victim of the elements became known on July 2. According to the Japanese TV channel NHK, four people were injured in the southern prefecture of Okinawa. In South Korea, according to the Yonhap news agency, one person was injured, another was killed, and two were missing.

​Precipitation continues

The day before, meteorologists warned that showers with an intensity of up to 200 millimeters per hour will continue in the southwestern and central regions today.

By Sunday morning, more than 1,050 millimeters of rain fell in Gifu Prefecture, 745 millimeters in Ehime Prefecture, 465 millimeters in Kyoto, 442 millimeters in Hiroshima, 430 millimeters in Hyogo, in Okayama Prefecture, where in a number of areas houses were flooded up to the second floor and above - 310 millimeters. This is 2-3 times more than the average monthly norm.

Reports of destruction and flooding continue to come in. In Hiroshima Prefecture, a railway bridge was swept away by a flooded river. In Okayama Prefecture, where the water level has risen to the second floor and above, people on rooftops are asking for help.

The weather on the Japanese islands has never been particularly calm. Tremors have long been part of everyday life for local residents. Modern society trying to protect itself from destructive natural Disasters that strike infrastructure and take many innocent lives with them. Not so long ago, in the past year 2017, a powerful flood hit the islands again. In Japan, this is not the first case of a collision between man and nature. The country has long history associated with permanent tremors and devastating natural disasters.

location risk

The Japanese islands are part of the infamous Pacific Ring of Fire. Due to the tectonic processes that occur at the bottom of the ocean, huge tsunamis arise. They, in turn, lead to devastating floods both in Japan and in other nearby areas.

Since 1900, the country has managed to survive ten serious aftershocks. Each time the number of victims was several thousand people. The year 1923 was remembered by the inhabitants of Japan for another large-scale earthquake that occurred in Tokyo. This year, a natural disaster claimed over one hundred and forty thousand lives.

Tragedy of 2011

At this time, the northeast of Japan was shaken by powerful tremors, followed by a giant tsunami. The wave height was ten meters, its destructive power was observed on the coast of Fukushima Prefecture. On numerous videos taken by eyewitnesses, it was seen how a powerful stream washed away any obstacle in its path, be it a car, a ship or a building. As a result of the past flood in Japan, the lists of the dead included about one hundred and thirty-three victims, and among the missing - more than five hundred. It was not ruled out that the natural disaster actually claimed the lives of thousands of people.

The flood that occurred caused a great threat to nuclear safety. At the same time, six Japanese nuclear power plants have suspended their work. One of them declared an emergency due to damage caused by the earthquake, while the other barely managed to put out a massive fire.

2015

Four years after a large-scale tragedy caused by tremors, on Japanese islands yet another disaster struck. Five hundred thousand residents received a forced evacuation warning, of which only three hundred thousand people were able to leave their place of residence. The infamous Fukushima has once again come under attack. For the evacuation of people was involved military aviation- a decision that the authorities of the country decided for the first time. The rescued people were placed in empty schools, and all students were released for unscheduled holidays.

This time, the flood in Japan (photos are presented in the article) was caused by two powerful typhoons. It was believed that they would not reach the territory of the islands and disperse over the water surface. However, both typhoons met precisely over Fukushima Prefecture.

July 2017

The last large-scale flood in the south of Japan to date claimed the lives of twenty-five local residents. According to the authorities, the tragedy first affected the island of Kyushu, where heavy rains have been going on all last week. As a result, several rivers overflowed their banks and collapsed on nearby urban areas, eroding every road along the way. Thousands of residents were forced to flee.

The greatest damage from the flood went to the prefectures of Oita and Fukuoka, where about one hundred and fifty Japanese were blocked. It was also reported that over twelve thousand specialists went to rescue operations. News of prolonged downpours in these areas only confirms fears of new floods.

It struck the whole world with its scale and forced the country's government to evacuate about 170,000 of the local population. Trouble touched a large number inhabitants of the country, flooded their homes, reaching the level of the roof. Among the main problems that the authorities are fighting are tons of water contaminated with radiation and flowing into the ocean.

A large-scale flood that struck the world with its disappointing consequences

The severe flood in Japan reminded the world community of the incident that occurred almost 60 years ago, when great amount water. It all started with the fact that in some parts of the country the amount of precipitation equal to the two-month norm fell. For example, two terrible typhoons hit the most beautiful, as a result of which they became boundless, big cities changed beyond recognition.

The roadbed lost its usual appearance, the bridges were destroyed and unusable. In the first days, the number of missing people was about 27, the dead - 4, hundreds of thousands of people were evacuated with the help of rescue helicopters, which were the only way rescue people sitting on the roofs of their own houses.

Historical facts: devastating natural disasters and cataclysms in Japan

Back in 1959, Japanese lands suffered two incredible devastating hurricane, which paralyzed transport links and caused massive damage to the country's infrastructure.

The 2011 earthquake on the island of Honshu was disastrous for the country, as its consequences were disappointing and claimed about 16 thousand human lives. Cataclysms of this nature provoked a tsunami that disabled reactors at nuclear power plants.

The world community is interested in what year was the flood in Japan? This devastating event happened in June 2015, leaving a huge number of people homeless.

Evacuation of the injured

The flood in Japan took the country by surprise, but the authorities were not at a loss and directed all their efforts to what was for them main task. All helicopter equipment of the state was involved in this rescue operation. People whose homes were flooded were on rooftops waiting for help. Many animals died from despair. About 1 million people were evacuated, and this proved to the world community that even the flood in Japan was able to endure the country steadfastly, rallying into a single and omnipotent whole.

Finding reactors under threat

The current situation threatens to depressurize nuclear reactors, the number of which at the power plant is 4 pieces. The aggravation of the situation entails an irreversible nuclear catastrophe. The management of the power plant and the government of the country comment on further uncontrolled actions of the elements regarding the nuclear power plant as force majeure due to the insufficient number of pumps. During the construction of the nuclear power plant, such a situation was not foreseen, as a result of which a threat loomed over the country.

Therefore, the flooding in Japan jeopardized not only the development of infrastructure, but also human lives, which are the highest value for the leadership of the country.

Radiation risk caused by flooding and depressurization of reactors

A similar risk is provoked by the presence of holes in the reactors through which it enters the ground. Then the fuel is mixed with groundwater. During normal operation, these waters are pumped into specially designed tanks. And in such a force majeure case, with an increase in the level of groundwater, everything ends up on the surface of the earth.

The latest flood in Japan also provoked an excess of the permissible content in the soil of such radioactive elements as carbon-14, tritium or strontium. The latter are extremely harmful to working power plants. In the event that contaminated waters enter the ocean basin, they will be distributed along the coast, and in the future the phenomenon of their accumulation in the thickness of the ocean shelf will become inevitable.

The number of victims of flooding caused by torrential rains in Japan on the islands of Kyushu and Shikoku has increased to 76 people. There are 92 missing people. Most of them were located in Hiroshima Prefecture.

The elements also led to a huge number of landslides. Massive rescue operations are currently underway in disaster areas, involving 40 helicopters, 54,000 people from the police, fire departments, Self-Defense Forces and the Japan Coast Guard, according to the Japanese information Agency Kyodo .

About 30,000 people were in evacuation centers as of 3 p.m. Sunday, according to the Fire and Disaster Management Agency. In total, recommendations for evacuation were given in the territory where about 5.9 million people live.

In Okayama Prefecture, one of the worst affected areas by the floods, about 1,850 people were rescued by boats or helicopters from their houses, which were submerged almost to the roof due to the destruction of the dam on the river.

The Ministry of Land Resources will begin round-the-clock work to free the flooded area from water, but it will probably take about two weeks to complete the drainage.

At Maby Memorial Hospital, about 160 patients and medical staff took refuge on the second floor of the building, as the first floor was partially submerged.

In Seio, Ehime Prefecture, five people died in their cars, which were flooded. On Nuva Island, a woman in her 30s and her two children died when a mud slide covered their home.

At an emergency meeting in Tokyo on the disaster, the Japanese prime minister called for round-the-clock search and rescue.

This is the first time in two years that the government has convened a meeting on emergencies. In 2016, such a meeting was held due to the fact that strong earthquakes led to widespread destruction in Kumamoto and Oita prefectures in southwestern Japan.

Recall that since July 6, heavy rains have been raging in the central and southwestern parts of Japan. To date, the level of precipitation has exceeded the average monthly norm three times.

By Sunday morning, more than 1050 millimeters of rain fell in Gifu Prefecture, 745 millimeters in Ehime Prefecture, 465 millimeters in Kyoto, 442 millimeters in Hiroshima, 430 millimeters in Hyogo, in Okayama Prefecture, where in a number of areas houses were flooded up to the second floor and above , - 310 millimeters, transmits RIA News" .

The Japan Meteorological Agency has issued emergency warnings of a possible increase in flooding and an increase in the number of landslides. Forecasters say such warnings are issued only if experts foresee such extreme conditions that occur once or twice in 50 years.

It was also reported that Emperor Akihito of Japan refused to attend a concert and travel to Shizuoka Prefecture so as not to increase the burden on the police and self-defense forces, which are too busy with rescue operations.

Head Mike Pompeo expressed his condolences in connection with what is happening in Japan.

“The United States expresses its deepest condolences to the families of the victims, injured and missing,” the Secretary of State said at the beginning of a joint press conference following a meeting with the heads of Japan and South Korea Taro Kono and Kang Kyung-hwa in Tokyo.

In addition, on Sunday, July 8, an earthquake of magnitude 5.9 struck off the coast of Japan. This was reported on the website of the US Geological Survey.

“The epicenter of the earthquake was located at a depth of more than 39 kilometers, 30 kilometers southeast of locality Ohara in Kyoto prefecture,” the comment reads.

According to preliminary data, there were no casualties or damage as a result of the earthquake. As noted, the threat of a tsunami was not announced.

In August 2014, 77 people died in Hiroshima when heavy rains caused massive landslides that destroyed houses. But the 71 year old local said of the present disaster: “It is more heavy rain than four years ago. I got scared thinking what would happen to me.”