Many citizens in the city hall due to a power failure Numbered tickets for charging mobile phones Chiba Yachimata Sep. 10 18:43
In Yachimata City, Chiba Prefecture, where power outages have continued due to the typhoon, the city hall phone is no longer available, and many citizens are visiting the city hall to ask for the prospects for restoration work.
According to TEPCO, as Yachimata City has had a power outage of more than 30,000 units as of 5:00 pm on the 10th, the utility poles and electric wires have been damaged in a wide area, so the recovery is expected after 11th.
Because the city hall has become unable to use telephones and disaster prevention administrative radio due to the power outage, many citizens who ask about the status of the restoration work or appeal for the situation of the damage directly visit the government building.
On the first floor of the city hall, there was a space where a mobile phone could be charged with a generator, and numbered tickets were distributed to those waiting for the turn.
The Chiba prefecture on the 10th became extremely hot in various places, but because the air conditioning was not effective in the government building, the people in line were waiting for the turn while waving the fan distributed from the city.
A woman in her 40s who was visiting with her child said, “I came to the city hall because my mobile phone was out of charge and I couldn't contact my child's school or workplace. "I'm very worried that my home won't have electricity or water and my child will get heat stroke."
Toshiyuki Oki, General Manager of Yachimata City, said, “I can't use the phone, so I can only do about 30% of my regular work. It was.