Coastal defences could be designed to better withstand powerful storms triggered by climate change, a study of wave dynamics suggests. Improving seawalls could help limit loss of life and damage…
Typhoon Chaba left a trail of destruction in South Korea on Wednesday, 05 October, after dumping over 280 mm (11 inches) of rain in some areas. Chaba is thought to…
The recent magnitude 7.1 earthquake and subsequent tsunami warning in northern New Zealand reminds us that tsunamis are unpredictable and can strike any time. If you live in a tsunami…
Typhoon Malakas has caused severe flooding in parts of southern Japan over the last 24 hours. Malakas made landfall in Kyushu in the early hours of 20 September, bringing winds…
At least 11 people are dead after torrential rain from Typhoon Lionrock left towns flooded across northern Japan. Typhoon Lionrock made landfall on 30 August near the city of Ofunato,…
Floods and landslides triggered by torrential rain have left at least 2 people dead and several missing in Kumamoto Prefecture, southern Japan. One man died in a landslides in Kamiamakusa…
In a report from Japan’s disaster management agency, Fire and Disaster Management Agency (FDMA), earlier today, Monday 14 September 2015, it was confirmed that the number of those killed in…
Update 11 September 2015: Local media, police and disaster management authorities in Japan are reporting that several people have died and many more are missing after torrential rain, raging floods…
A recent report by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) says that river-basin floods in the region during 2014 incurred economic losses of…
Torrential rainfall has caused flooding and landslides once again in Japan. This time in the southern prefecture of Fukuoka, and across parts of the island of Kyushu. Local media reported…
Heavy rainfall and ensuing floods and landslides have killed as many as 36 people in Hiroshima, Japan, since early Tuesday 19 August 2014. Several others remain missing. Huge amounts of…
Japanese TV companies and RIA Novosti, the Russian new agency, are reporting that 87,000 people (37,666 households) in the Kumamoto prefecture of Japan have evacuated their homes because of the…
As part of our series of articles on flood tunnels, below we take a look at the Metropolitan Area Outer Underground Discharge Channel, also known as the G-cans project, in…
Typhoon Man-yi brought torrential rainfall and flooding to parts of Japan on Monday 16th September. Japan’s public broadcaster NHK say that in total 18 western and central prefectures have been…
Further heavy rainfall is expected across western Japan over the next few days as a result of the fallout from Typhoon Toraji. Earlier this week the city of Tamba in…
Northern Japan suffered torrential rain over the period from 9th to 10th August, which lead to flooding and landslides in the region. Iwate and Akita prefectures are the areas that…
