Chapter 18 Recovery from typhoon damages in Toyooka
Urban Risk Reduction: An Asian Perspective
ISBN: 978-1-84855-906-6, eISBN: 978-1-84855-907-3
Publication date: 18 December 2009
Abstract
On Wednesday October 20, 2004, Typhoon Tokage (called the “Typhoon no. 23 of 2004” in Japan), one of the deadliest storm in years, swept through most of the southern half of Japan. People were overcome by the massive waves and flash floods triggered by the typhoon's heavy rains and strong winds, which left at least 69 people dead, 20 missing, and some 342 injured, out of which 66 were serious injuries. The number of typhoon-related casualties was the highest in over a quarter of a century, and it further destroyed 50 homes, damaged 1,350 residences, and flooded 26,800 others. Typhoon Tokage was the tenth typhoon to make landfall in Japan in 2004. Storms and floods killed over 100 people in Japan that year, resulting in hundreds of millions of yen in damage, highlighting once again the importance of disaster management in both Japan and in East Asia.
Citation
Srinivas, H., Shaw, R. and Nakagawa, Y. (2009), "Chapter 18 Recovery from typhoon damages in Toyooka", Shaw, R., Srinivas, H. and Sharma, A. (Ed.) Urban Risk Reduction: An Asian Perspective (Community, Environment and Disaster Risk Management, Vol. 1), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 355-373. https://doi.org/10.1108/S2040-7262(2009)0000001022
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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