Permalink: https://media.greenpeace.org/archive/Climate-Floods-Documentation-Japan-27MZIFLUSS11.htmlConceptually similarClimate Floods Documentation JapanGP012ZWCompleted★★★★Climate Floods Documentation JapanGP0X75Completed★★★★★★Climate Floods Documentation JapanGP090GCompleted★★★★Climate Floods Documentation JapanGP010KYCompleted★★★★Climate Floods Documentation JapanGP013HZCompleted★★★★Climate Floods Documentation JapanGP01C27Completed★★★★Climate Floods Documentation JapanGP06AVCompleted★★★★Climate Floods Documentation JapanGP017C1Completed★★★★Climate Floods Documentation JapanGP0140ACompleted★★★★View AllGP01EKCClimate Floods Documentation JapanToshio Ewasaka, 86 years old, sitting beside bottled drinking water in his recently flooded home in Niigata prefecture, Japan. After one week, torrential rains forced breaks in the banks of the swollen Igarashi River, flooding homes, businesses and agricultural fields. The floods in western Japan have so far caused the deaths of 18 people, more than 20,000 houses flooded in Niigata prefecture, 13,000 households ordered to evacuate. In one week more than 49 centimetres of rain had fallen in Niigata prefecture - nearly one-fifth of the annual average.Locations:Asia-Japan-NiigataDate:20 Jul, 2004Credit:© Greenpeace / Jeremy Sutton-HibbertMaximum size:3072px X 2048pxKeywords:Climate (campaign title)-Climate change impacts-Floods-KWCI (GPI)-PeopleShoot:Climate Floods Documentation JapanClimate floods documentation Japan.
