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(name of a disaster) |
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| July 18, 1953 (S.28.7.18) (flood damage on July 18 (7.18 Suigai, in Japanese)) |
The sites of mountainous slope failures in the upper reaches of Arida River extended to 2,270. Turbid torrents flushed soils and woods. Humans, animals, houses, buildings and cultivated fields were filled by large mass of mud and as if it looked like a sea of mud. |
| September 26, 1959 (S.34.9.26) (Typhoon Ise Bay) |
Total precipitation reached 500 mm and the whole area of Wakayama was damaged. Consequently, ﾔthe special emergency Sabo worksﾕ were carried out on Kinokawa River, Arida River, Hikigawa River and Tondagawa River. |
| September 16, 1961 (S.36.9.19) (Typhoon Muroto in the second) |
The amount of damage was over 339 hundred million yen. The special emergency sabo works were carried out on Arida River, Hikigawa River and Hidaka River. |
| August 3, 1982 (S.57.8.3) (Typhoon No.10) |
The maximum rainfall per hour reached 28.0 mm. In Katsuragi-cho, 400,000 m3 (300 m of height and 500 m of width) of slopes flowed out. |
| July 4, 1995 (H.7.7.4) (Localized torrential downpour by seasonal rain front early in summer) |
Mudflows and mountain slope failures occurred in various sites. Road and railroad were cut off. Fourteen houses were half destroyed. |
| October 1, 1995 (H.7.10.1) (Passage of cyclone) |
Total precipitation was 280 mm and the maximum rainfall per hour was 82 mm. A 5,000 m3 of slope became mudflow and it attacked a house. Three people were killed, 4 people were injured and 9 houses were all or half destroyed. |
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