Typhoon 19 (Hagibis) made landfall on October 10, 2019 just before 1900 local time at Izu Peninsula in Shizuoka Prefecture. In advance of the typhoon, millions of people across Japan were asked to evacuate due to the risk of landslides and flooding. Humanity Road activated it’s disaster desk on October 12, 2019 as Typhoon 19 began impacting multiple prefectures.
As of 0100 October 14, an estimated 15 prefectures have been impacted by historic rainfall, flooding, and landslides, 31 people have died, 186 people were injured, and 14 people are missing. An estimated 59,100 households are without power. A total of 142 rivers overflowed and there were breakdown of river banks in 21 rivers at 24 locations.
This situation report number one provides useful official disaster resources and situational information based on early indications in social media.
Download PDF version of Situation Report
- Japan Typhoon 19 Hagibis Humanity Road Situation Report 1.pdf
SIGNIFICANT UPDATES
14 Oct
- NHK reported that as of October 14, at 1:00am, 31 people have been killed, 14 people are missing, and 186 people have been injured across 28 prefectures. source
- The number of households without power is approximately 59,100 as of 12:00 AM on October 14 source
13 Oct
- Overnight in Nagano prefecture, rescues continued in the dark, and the prefecture government provided information to the public in social media source
- Ministry of Defense, Self-Defense Forces deployed 31,000 people, 8 ships, and about 130 aircraft. In addition, the SDF has rescued about 430 people from river flooding and landslides so far (17:00 today) source
- Soma City – specific health checkups and various cancer screenings will change schedule due to the water outage caused by the typhoon source
- Nagoya City Fire Department dispatched its fire helicopter to Nagano Prefecture to assist with rescues source
- A nursing home in Saitama Prefecture was evacuated after 220 people were stranded due to flood source
- The Prime Minister deployed 110,000 people to assist including police, fire department, maritime capm, and the self-defense forces source
- As of Oct 13 at 1700 Report #5 DOCOMO mobile phones and “DOCOMO Hikari” service are not available or are difficult to use in some areas. See full list of impacts source
- East Japan Railway reported one third of its bullet trains were damaged source
- In just 48 hours, the city of Hakone in Kanagawa Prefecture received 1001 mm (39 inches) of rain source
- Due to the Tone River Flood Risk Level, Chiba Prefecture has announced an evacuation advisory Katori City, Choshi City, Narita City source
- City of Yaita has published details by district on shelter locations and number of current evacuees sheltering source
12 Oct
- Emergency Wi-Fi Service are being offered free of charge in six prefectures – Tokyo, Kanagawa, Chiba, Saitama, Ibaraki and Shizuoka. Network Name: 00000JAPAN source
- A tornado hit parts of Ichihara, Chiba Prefecture on Saturday, destroying 12 houses and damaging more than 70 others source
NATIONAL LINKS
Government of Japan
- Website https://www.japan.go.jp/
- Real-time Landslide risk map https://www.jma.go.jp/en/doshamesh/
- Twitter https://twitter.com/JapanGov
Fire and Disaster Management Agency
- Website https://www.fdma.go.jp
- Twitter https://twitter.com/FDMA_JAPAN
Ground Self-Defense Force
- Website https://www.mod.go.jp/gsdf/
- Twitter https://twitter.com/ModJapan_jp
- Facebook https://www.facebook.com/jgsdf.fp/
Disaster Prevention
- Website http://www.bousai.go.jp/
- Twitter https://twitter.com/CAO_BOUSAI
- Facebook https://www.facebook.com/bosai.naikakufu
Japan Safe Travel
- Website https://www.japan.travel/en/
- Twitter https://www.twitter.com/JapanSafeTravel
Redcross of Japan
- Website https://familylinks.icrc.org/en/Pages/Countries/Japan.aspx
- Twitter https://twitter.com/JRCS_PR
NHK News
- Website https://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/
- Twitter https://twitter.com/NHKWORLD_News
- Facebook https://www.facebook.com/nhkworld/
EMERGENCY NUMBERS
Website https://www.tokyo-icc.jp/guide_eng/kinkyu/01.html
110 Emergency call to Police
118 Emergency call to Coast Guard
119 Emergency call Fire, Ambulance, Emergency Rescue
TRANSPORTATION
Roads
- Road conditions website http://www.mlit.go.jp/river/bousai/olympic/en/helpful04/index.html
Railway
- Kanto Railway Website http://kantetsu.co.jp/
- East Japan Railway Website https://www.jreast.co.jp/e/
Airports
Ports
Port of Tokyo
- Website https://www.kouwan.metro.tokyo.lg.jp/
- Twitter https://twitter.com/tocho_kouwan
- Facebook https://www.facebook.com/Port.of.Tokyo.Japan
POWER AND COMMUNICATIONS
Tepco Power
- Website http://teideninfo.tepco.co.jp/
- Twitter https://twitter.com/TEPCO_English
- Facebook https://www.facebook.com/OfficialTEPCOen
AU Communications
- Website https://www.au.com/
- Twitter https://twitter.com/au_official
- Facebook https://www.facebook.com/aubyKDDI
NTT Docomo
- Website https://www.nttdocomo.co.jp/
- Facebook https://www.facebook.com/pg/docomo.official
HOSPITALS AND VULNERABLE POPULATION
Useful Links
- Ministry of Health Useful Links https://www.mhlw.go.jp/english/links/index.html
- List of hospitals in Japan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_hospitals_in_Japan
Recent Updates
14 Oct
- As of 0500 Health ministry officials say two hospitals in both Fukushima and Tochigi prefectures and one hospital in each of Tokyo and Nagano prefectures are flooded and power has been lost at nine hospitals in Kanagawa Prefecture, four in Tochigi Prefecture, three each in Tokyo and Nagano prefectures and one in Saitama Prefecture source
13 Oct
- Setagaya Memorial Hospital 170 patients, most of whom are the elderly are in the hospital. All of them have been moved to the third floor or higher floors source
- Kawagoe Kings Garden nursing home in Saitama Prefecture was evacuated after 220 people were stranded due to flood source
REGIONAL INFORMATION – PREFECTURES
Tokyo
Government
- Website http://www.metro.tokyo.jp/english/
- Twitter https://twitter.com/Tokyo_gov
- Facebook https://www.facebook.com/TokyoGov
Disaster Prevention
Metropolitan Police
Waterworks
- Website http://www.waterworks.metro.tokyo.jp/
- Twitter https://twitter.com/tocho_suido
Tokyo Gas
- Website https://www.tokyo-gas.co.jp/
- Facebook https://www.facebook.com/tokyogas.jp/
Sewerage Bureau
- Website http://www.gesui.metro.tokyo.jp/
- Twitter https://twitter.com/tocho_gesuido
Aomori
Government
Disaster Prevention
- Website http://www.bousai.pref.aomori.jp/
- Twitter none
Chiba
Government
- Website https://www.pref.chiba.lg.jp/english/
- Twitter none
City of Chiba
- Website https://www.city.chiba.jp/
- Twitter none
- Facebook https://www.facebook.com/chibacity.japan/
Matsudo City
- Website https://www.city.matsudo.chiba.jp/
- Twitter https://twitter.com/matsudo_city
Fukushima
Government
- Website http://www.pref.fukushima.lg.jp/
- Twitter https://twitter.com/Fukushima_Pref
Fukushima City
- Website http://www.city.fukushima.fukushima.jp/
- Twitter https://twitter.com/fukushimacity
Soma City
- Website https://www.city.soma.fukushima.jp/
- Twitter https://twitter.com/soma_city
- Facebook https://www.facebook.com/sukusuku.soma/
Gunma
Government
- Website https://www.pref.gunma.jp/
- Twitter https://twitter.com/GunmaPref_koho
Ibaraki
Government
- Website http://www.pref.ibaraki.jp/
- Twitter https://twitter.com/Ibaraki_Kouhou
Iwate
Government
- Website https://www.pref.iwate.jp/
- Twitter https://twitter.com/pref_iwate
Kanagawa
Government
- Website http://www.pref.kanagawa.jp/english/
- Twitter https://twitter.com/KanagawaPref_PR
Miyagi
Government
- Website https://www.pref.miyagi.jp/
- Twitter none
- Facebook none
Sendai
- Website http://www.city.sendai.jp
- Twitter none
- Facebook https://www.facebook.com/iSENDAI/
Osaki City
- Website http://www.city.osaki.miyagi.jp/
- Twitter none
- Facebook none
Nagano
Government
- Website https://www.pref.nagano.lg.jp/kokusai/government/english/index.html
- Twitter https://twitter.com/NaganoPref
Disaster Prevention
- Website https://www.pref.nagano.lg.jp/bosai/kurashi/shobo/saigai/twitter.html
- Twitter https://twitter.com/BosaiNaganoPref
City of Nagano
- Website https://www.city.nagano.nagano.jp/
- Twitter https://twitter.com/nagano_city
City of Chikuma
- Website https://www.city.chikuma.lg.jp/
- Facebook https://facebook.com/chikuma.city
Niigata
Government
- Website https://www.pref.niigata.lg.jp/
- Twitter none
- Facebook none
Saitama
Government
Shizuoka
Government
- Website http://www.pref.shizuoka.jp
- Facebook https://www.facebook.com/infoshizuoka
- Twitter none
Tochigi
Government
- Website http://www.pref.tochigi.lg.jp/english/
- Twitter https://twitter.com/pref_tochigi
Sano City
- Website http://www.city.sano.lg.jp/
- Twitter https://twitter.com/SanoCity_PR