Typhoon No. 6 Causes Scars and Damage in Kagoshima Prefecture [Latest Update]

Typhoon No. 6 passes through strong winds in Kagoshima Prefecture, but scars in various places[08/10 19:28]

Typhoon No. 6 moved slowly across Amami, Tane/Yaku, and the mainland of the prefecture. Although I have moved away from Kagoshima, I have left many scars.

Typhoon No. 6 is moving northward over the Korean Peninsula, and the prefecture has escaped from a strong wind area with wind speeds of 15 meters or more.

In Minami Osumi Town, on the 9th, collapsed earth and sand flowed into Route 269, making it impassable.

On the 10th, restoration work on the national highway was carried out from the morning, and it became one-way traffic in the evening.

A large amount of earth and sand also flowed into a nearby transportation company, and they were busy cleaning it up. President Miyuki Yakushi (55) stayed at the company from the night of the 8th, and on the afternoon of the 9th when the rain and wind weakened, she returned to her home, but immediately after that, a landslide occurred.

(President Miyuki Yakushi, Nejime Unso) “All sorts of things, such as trees, have flowed by.

There were no injuries and no damage to the vehicle.

(Nejime Unso President Miyuki Yakushi) “I often hear on the news that this is the first time something like this has happened, but it just happened yesterday.

(Reporter) “I’m in Kinko-cho. The water that overflows from the river is soaking the rice that’s about to be harvested. Over there, the ditches are collapsing.”

In Tashiro, Kinie-cho, where the total rainfall from the beginning of the fall reached 721.5 mm, 2.3 times the amount of rainfall for a single month in August, the upper reaches of the Ogawa River, which flows through the local area, overflowed on the 9th.

Farmer Yoshihiro Yumizushi (67), who said that more than 80% of the farmland was submerged in water, including early-season rice that was about to be harvested, was filming the situation from his home.

(Farmer Yoshihiro Yumizushi) “It’s hard, everyone is soaking. This area was all over the river. There is no doubt that the yield will decrease.”

According to the prefectural government, 7 people were injured, 6 cases of partial damage to houses, 4 cases of above-floor flooding, and 22 cases of under-floor flooding. Agricultural damage has also been confirmed in various places, and prefectures and others are investigating, but the full picture of the damage is still unknown.

Although the typhoon has receded, heavy rain warnings have been issued in Kirishima City and Yusui Town, and it is necessary to be vigilant against landslide disasters for a while.

2023-08-10 10:28:00
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