Abstract
Disaster prevention weather information released at the time of the damage was examined
for 20 locations where fatalities or missing persons occurred due to flooding or landslides in
2023. In the “KIKIKURU” (Real-time Landslide or Flood Risk information) at the time the
damage occurred at each location there were 13 locations with “Alert Level 4 equivalent
information”, 2 locations with “Alert Level 3 equivalent information ”, and 2 locations with
“Alert Level 2 equivalent information”. “Information on Significant Heavy Rain ”was issued for
16 of the 20 locations. “Bulletins on Exceptionally Heavy Downpours” were issued for 2 of the
20 locations. Disaster risk Information for the damaged locations was also investigated. There
were seven locations damaged by sediment disasters, all within the sediment disaster danger
zone. Thirteen locations were damaged by flood disasters, five of which were within the expected
inundation zone and 12 were in lowland areas with the potential for flooding.
