Ehime and Kumamoto injured in strong winds in various places

Ehime and Kumamoto January 27 18:24

Due to the strong winds, many people were injured by the strong winds in Uwajima City, Ehime Prefecture, such as a metal panel surrounding a police station under demolition work was blown away and a woman was injured and broke her leg.

According to the police and the fire department, a metal panel that had been wrapped around the old government building of the Uwajima Police Station during the demolition of Namimatsu, Uwajima City, around 1:30 pm on 27th, was skipped, and a 30-year-old who visited the new government building next door I hit a woman. The woman was seriously injured when breaking her leg.

In the city center, a 75-year-old woman walking on the street was hit by the wind and fell, injuring her head with a light injury. According to the fire department, there are several other people who have been injured.

In Uwajima City, the construction sheet covering the building was peeled off by the wind, and part of the scaffold was damaged.

According to the meteorological observatory, Uwajima City issued a strong wind warning from the 26th and observed a maximum instantaneous wind speed of 29.7 meters at 4:20 pm.

A woman injured by a fallen signboard in Kumamoto

On the morning of the 27th, a signboard that had fallen in a strong wind at Kumamoto Castle in Kumamoto City hit a woman's foot and injured her ankle, etc.

A woman in her thirties who came to Osaka for sightseeing with a family from Osaka was walking near Ninomaru Square in Kumamoto Castle on 27th, and a falling signboard hit the left ankle. did.

According to the Kumamoto Castle General Office, the signboard is 2 meters and 15 centimeters high, 1 meter and 70 centimeters wide, and weighs about 30 kilograms. He was treated at the hospital.

Kumamoto City recorded a maximum instantaneous wind speed of 20.9 meters before 3:00 pm on the 27th, and windy conditions continued, and the Kumamoto Castle General Office also removed other signs on the site, and also on the 28th It is to make patrols in the morning and check for safety in dangerous places.