SPECIAL ISSUE ON THE STORM AND FLOOD DAMAGE 2019 IN JAPAN

Abstract

 In 2019, the Kanto-Koshin area and the Tohoku area suffered devastating damages from floods and sediment disasters caused by the record-breaking heavy rainfall with Typhoon No. 19 (Hagibis). In the same year, the heavy rainfall caused severe damage in northern part of Kyushu-Island such as Saga Prefecture, as well as the wind and rain disaster caused by Typhoon No. 15 (Faxai) in Chiba Prefecture. These disasters also highlighted the danger of a series of disaster factors that could cause extensive damage in large areas with the combinations. It is one of the missions of JSCE to compile and disseminate lessons from disasters in Japan for solving future challenging issues in managing infrastructures and mitigating disaster damages. This special issue on the storm and flood damage 2019 in Japan includes valuable information of the disasters in 2019 from different disciplinary points of view, aiming to contribute the growth and development of interdisciplinary academic fields of civil and environmental engineering.