Power outage continues over 70 units a month from Typhoon No. 15 October 9th, Chiba Prefecture 4:59
9 days from Typhoon No. 15 that caused a large-scale blackout mainly in Chiba Prefecture. In some parts of Chiba, such as mountainous areas where construction is difficult, there are still 70 blackouts.
In Typhoon No. 15, which hit the Tokyo metropolitan area on the 9th of last month and caused a power outage of up to approximately 930,000 units mainly in Chiba Prefecture, many power poles were damaged by flying strong winds and fallen trees. Did.
According to TEPCO, the restoration work for high-voltage cables was completed on the 24th of last month, and so far the power outage has been almost eliminated.
However, there are still 72 blackouts, including a part of the mountainous area of Futtsu City, Chiba Prefecture, and a part of the residential area of Ichihara City where the golf course pole collapsed.
In addition, there is a possibility that so-called "hidden power outages" may remain due to damage to the terminal wires such as lead-in wires that connect to each household, so TEPCO will continue to respond to the complete elimination of power outages. is.
In addition In this typhoon fallen also a huge power transmission towers 2 groups of height approximately 50 meters in Chiba Prefecture Kimitsu, TEPCO is summarized in the prospect of the end of the year and measures up cause up the verification committee in two days this month It is a policy.
Chiba housing restoration is not progressing
Due to the effects of Typhoon No. 15, Chiba Prefecture has experienced large-scale power outages and water outages over a long period of time, and there have been more than 34,000 houses damaged.
The total amount of damage to the house is still unknown after one month, and according to Chiba Prefecture, the number of applications issued as of the 7th for the issuance of the “Risk Certificate” required for receiving public assistance, etc. It ’s about half of that.
Also, in areas where there was a lot of damage to houses, there were a lot of requests from repair companies, and even if requested, it was not possible to respond immediately, and there was inconvenience in houses where many victims were damaged Is still forced to live.
Prefectural governments have taken support measures such as free provision of public housing, but are planning to consider further support measures in the future in anticipation of prolonged restoration of housing.
There is also concern about the approach of Typhoon No. 19 on the weekend, and Chiba Prefecture has called on the affected areas to take early measures such as fixing blue sheets, reinforcing windows, and storing food.
Damaged by over 1700 buildings in the city center of the island
Typhoon No. 15 has confirmed damage to over 1700 houses in the Tokyo area, especially in the islands.
As of 4th of this month, Tokyo's housing damages totaled 1754, including 9 buildings that were completely destroyed, 91 buildings that were partially destroyed, 1633 buildings that were partially damaged, and 21 buildings that were inundated. .
By municipality, there are 786 Oshima-cho in the Izu Islands, 528 Niijima-mura and 62 Kozushima-mura.
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government supports the restoration and reconstruction of damaged areas by applying the Disaster Relief Law to Oshima Town and applying the Disaster Reconstruction Life Support Law to Oshima Town and Niijima Village. .