LITERATURE SURVEY ON NEWSPAPER ARTICLES RELATED SNOW DUE TO THE 1927 KITA-TANGO EARTHQUAKE OCCURRED IN SNOWY SEASON

Abstract

Earthquakes in winter may cause much sever damage by snow especially in the heavy snow regions in Japan. We should learn many lessons from the past events. The 1927 Kita-tango earthquake is well known as a typical one occurred under the condition of heavy snow fall. Literature survey on newspapers at that time is performed. From collected newspaper articles related to the snow and low temperature are picked up and their bad effects to disaster response and recovery processes are discussed.