Emergency bulletin email notifying the dangers of river flooding Ibaraki October 23 12:08

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In Ibaraki Prefecture, which was damaged by the flooding of the river due to the heavy rain of Typhoon No. 19, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism was set to not receive emergency bulletin emails telling residents mobile phones etc. the risk of river flooding in Mito City and Hitachinaka City I understood that. Two cities want to consider correspondence in future.

An emergency bulletin e-mail, known as “Area Mail”, is delivered when the river water level reaches the “flooding dangerous water level”, and it is not necessary to register in advance. Automatically sent to

This time, in Ibaraki Prefecture, more than 1600 buildings were flooded in Mito City and Hitachinaka City in the basin of the flooded Nakagawa River, but the Nakagawa River reached the flood risk level for residents in the two cities. I found out that an emergency bulletin email was not sent.

According to the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, e-mails are preliminarily negotiated with the municipalities around the rivers managed by the country, and are basically sent unless the municipality declines. Means that emails regarding river flooding under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism are not sent.

The two cities are not sure about the circumstances that have been set so that they will not be sent.