Quick summary of the natural disasters that struck Japan this summer
June 18: M6.1 earthquake hits Osaka
5 dead, more than 400 people injured
estimated property damage: $1.8 billion
June 28 - July 8: Massive floods & landslides hit west Japan
deadliest floods in 30 years
225 people died, 13 still missing, over 400 injured
estimated property damage: $ 6.7 billion
July-August: record-breaking heatwave
133 people died in July alone
over 90.000 people were hospitalized with heatstroke in July-August
Kumagaya city (Saitama) marked a record temperature of 41.1°C (106F)
September 4: Typhoon Jebi (one of the strongest on record) hits west Japan again
11 people died, more than 400 injured
massive power blackout & water supplies cutoff in large areas
the Kansai International Airport was completely flooded and on top of that a 2600-ton ship crashed into the airport bridge (which btw was the only link between the airport and the mainland)
the airport is now completely closed and it’s unclear when they’ll be able to open again
estimated property damage: unknown (the damage of the airport alone is enormous considering it’s the 3rd busiest airport in Japan)
Kansai airport & airport bridge
Nishihonganji (UNESCO world heritage site in Kyoto)
Other photos from Kobe & Osaka
September 6: M6.7 earthquake hits Hokkaido (*note: Hokkaido is actually the prefecture with the LOWEST earthquake risk)
9 people died, over 30 still missing, more than 100 injured (*this earthquake just happened this early morning so the numbers are likely to go up)
massive power blackout in the whole area of Hokkaido (affecting about 3 million households)
a rural district of Atsuma town got almost completely buried in landslide
the Chitose airport (5th busiest airport in Japan) is currently closed
There were also two other big typhoons (not as big as Jeby but big enough to cause a huge damage across the country and kill some people) in July and August, a huge thunderstorm in Tokyo last week and some floods in north Japan last month which probably everyone has forgotten by now because rn the media is only reporting the latest typhoon and the earthquake.
So yeah, that’s the summary of our summer 2018.
Now imagine this all happened in 2020 during the Tokyo summer Olympics.
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