Editing Geography of Japan (section)

===Typhoons===
{{Main|Typhoons in Japan}}
Since recording started in 1951, an average of 2.6 typhoons reached the main islands of Kyushu, Shikoku, Honshu, and Hokkaido per year. Approximately 10.3 typhoons approach within the 300-kilometer range near the coast of Japan. Okinawa is, due to its geographic location, most vulnerable to typhoons, with an average of 7 storms per year. The most destructive was the [[Isewan Typhoon]], with 5,000 casualties in the [[Tokai region]] in September 1959. In October 2004, [[Typhoon Tokage (2004)|Typhoon Tokage]] caused heavy rain in Kyushu and central Japan, resulting in 98 casualties. Until the 1960s, the death toll was hundreds of people per typhoon. Since the 1960s, improvements in construction, flood prevention, high tide detection, and early warnings have substantially reduced the death toll, which rarely exceeds a dozen people per typhoon. Japan also has special search and rescue units to save people in distress.<ref name="typhoondetails">{{cite web |url=http://factsanddetails.com/japan/cat26/sub160/item856.html |website=Factsanddetails.com |title=Typhoons in Japan |archive-date=January 29, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200129143927/http://factsanddetails.com/japan/cat26/sub160/item856.html}}</ref>

Heavy snowfall during the winter in the [[Snow country (Japan)|snow country]] regions causes [[landslide]]s, flooding, and [[avalanche]]s.