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Rescuers comb muddy riverbanks after Japan floods kill seven
Rescuers combed the debris-strewn banks of a river in central Japan on Monday, searching for drowning victims after homes ...
The Independent on MSN6mon
Japan under flood alert after days of record rainfall even as storm Shanshan weakens
Tropical storm Shanshan continued to impact Japan, causing torrential rain, landslides and widespread flooding over the ...
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Construction of massive seawall completed in Shizuoka
HAMAMATSU, Shizuoka Prefecture--Construction is complete on one of the biggest breakwaters in Japan, a massive seawall built alongside coastal areas here to prevent flooding in the event of a tsunami.
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Analysis: 20% of population in Japan reside in flood-risk areas
About 20 percent of Japan’s population resides in areas that are at risk of flooding when heavy rain causes rivers to overflow, according to a recent Asahi Shimbun analysis. The number has ...
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Search and rescue in Japanese flood
An curved arrow pointing right. Five million people were issued "rare weather warnings" in eastern Japan and 800,000 were advised to evacuate their homes as massive amounts of flooding tore up ...
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Integrated Urban Flood Risk Management (IUFRM): Lessons from Japan
This eLearning course shares key lessons learned from Japan’s IUFRM efforts to help members of the international community improve their own local approaches to managing urban floods. The course is ...