The Great Kantō earthquake (関東大地震, Kantō dai-jishin, Kantō ō-jishin) also known in Japanese as Kantō daishinsai (関東大震災) [11] [12] struck the Kantō Plain on the main …

The flames closed in from all directions, and then, at 4 p.m., a 300-foot-tall “fire tornado” blazed across the area. Of the 44,000 people who had gathered there, only 300 survived.

2023年8月28日 · More than seven decades after the 1923 disaster, an earthquake struck Kobe on January 17, 1995. This Kobe Earthquake caused an estimated 6,400 deaths, widespread …

2019年11月30日 · Most horrifying of the immediate results was the fate of 38,000 to 44,000 working-class Tokyo residents who fled to the open ground of the Rikugun Honjo Hifukusho, …

2023年9月1日 · Tens of thousands gathered in an empty patch of ground near the river, but their temporary refuge was destroyed when a 300-foot-tall "fire tornado" surrounded them. Around …

Masahiko SHINOHARA of the National Research Institute of Fire and Disaster is studying the mechanism of fire tornadoes, the phenomenon that was so destructive in the Great Kanto …

A fire whirl, fire devil or fire tornado is a whirlwind induced by a fire and often (at least partially) composed of flame or ash. These start with a whirl of wind, often made visible by smoke, and …

2021年12月11日 · Most horrifying of the immediate results was the fate of 38,000 to 44,000 working class Tokyo residents who fled to the open ground of the Rikugun Honjo Hifukusho, …

2023年8月31日 · A 300-foot “fire tornado” engulfed the area. Only 300 of the people that gathered survived. In total, more than 100,000 people lost their lives due to the Great Kanto earthquake. …

2023年9月1日 · A century ago, Yokoamicho Park, which houses the hall, was engulfed in a fire tornado following the earthquake. It is believed that around 38,000 evacuees who had fled …