DFO 2003-169

Flooding: 06/19/03 - 07/21/03

Southwestern Japan - Kyushu Island

Detailed Locations:
Southwestern Japan - Kyushu island - Prefectures: Kumamoto, Kagoshima, Nagasaki - Minamata city, Hishikari, Kinkai

Rivers:
Minamata, Hogawachikawa.

Comments:
Foods and landslides. Rainfall totalling 263 millimeters since 7/19. More than 240 houses flooded in Minamata. Damages estimated at 726m yen. "atmospheric air conditions are unstable over a wide area of eastern and western Japan due to the inflow of humid air into a seasonal rain front hovering over the Hokuriku region to the Tsushima Strait"
Dead: 19 Displaced: 800 Damages: 726m yen Affected Region ( sq km): 8,080 Severity Class* : 1 Flood Magnitude**: .4 MODIS flood inundation limit file names***:
July 16 - 21 - TRMM data showing heavy rain over Kyushu Island on July 18 - 20. Red polygon shows location of flooding.
July 16, 2003 July 17, 2003 July 18, 2003
July 19, 2003 July 20, 2003 July 21, 2003

 

 

Map preparation and image analysis: Elaine Anderson

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