http://news.yahoo.com/evacuation-could-saved-lives-japan-typhoon-081616887.html
A typhoon (Wipha) has devastated the Japanese Islands yesterday. The typhoon killed 22 people and more than 30 people are still missing. There was a concern that more lives would have been saved if the government would have issued an evacuation warning. Rescue teams searched through homes swept by mudslides in hopes of finding survivors.
According to the article, flood warnings were issued but only implemented in small towns during the worst of the downpour.
I would imagine such an advanced country such a Japan would be able to effectively warn their people of such dangers such as this and be able to effectively execute evacuations to save more lives.
Here are some photos of the devastation of the typhoon:
Mudslides combined with fallen trees knocked houses over and and the force pulled them down the hill.
A woman is looking at a close up photo of the damage
Rescue workers sorting through debris
muddied shoes found within the debris
A man walks near a collapsed house
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