Extreme Weather in Japan

In July 2018, Japan was hit by possibly their worst weather disaster in decades. Torrential rains happened which caused landslides in Western Japan and killed at least 176 people. Millions were forced to evacuate while dozens went missing in the country's worst weather disaster in 36 years.
During this same scenario, in Tokyo, at least 48 people were stated to be missing due to the torrential rain. Japan's Meteorological Agency issued warnings across 4 prefectures in the island of Honshu. Due to the urging vigilance against landslides, rising rivers and strong winds this scenario was referred to a historic rain.
Here are some pictures of the unfortunate Summer in Japan 2018:
Pounding rain in Karatsu, Saga Prefecture, southwestern Japan, derailed a Japan Railways train. Japan's Meteorological Agency has issued special weather warnings urging vigilance against landslides, rising rivers and strong winds amid what it called

Pounding rain in Karatsu, Saga Prefecture, southwestern Japan, derailed a Japan Railways train. Japan's Meteorological Agency has issued special weather warnings urging vigilance against landslides, rising rivers and strong winds amid what it called
Soldiers and rescue workers search through mud covering a building in Atsuma, September 7, 2018


A ship collided with a breakwater due to strong winds whipped by Typhoon Jebi in Nishinomiya city, Hyogo prefecture, September 5, 2018.
A car sits in water after the area was devastated by flooding and landslides in Mabi, Okayama prefecture on July 10, 2018.

These past 2 years I have been telling people how much I want to travel to Japan before I die. It's the reason why I picked Japan as my country to research but after doing research on Japan, it sounds really depressing. It feels like Japan can't get a break and are hit by disasters 24/7. It's a real shame since I hear that Japanese people are some of the friendliest and nicest people in the world. :(

Works Cited:
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/07/11/national/japan-hit-worst-weather-disaster-decades-many-die/#.XK0XD-tKhsM
https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/torrential-rain
https://www.cnn.com/2018/09/07/asia/japan-summer-of-natural-disasters-intl/index.html

Comments

  1. Ana GGApril 14, 2019 at 10:48 AM

    Most countries suffer a lot of natural disasters, you are just learning all of them in one go...Japan is a great place to visit...you should definitely do so...they are very prepared for most hazards so that is good. The images you show are impressive but they are very resilient people.

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