16 June 2021 archive

2019 Japan flood reports are published

The reports of levee failures, etc. in 2019 Typhoon Hagibis is published in English by the Japanese Geotechnical Society. The reports are open access. https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/soils-and-foundations/vol/61/issue/2#article-22 Including, “Levee damage and bridge scour by 2019 typhoon Hagibis in Kanto Region, Japan” https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0038080621000226 Backslope erosion by overtopping at the Naka River levee (Photo : Hirotoshi Mori)