Continues even after the special warning is announced. More than 100 guests at the boat race arena Nagasaki Omura 5:14 on July 8th
It turned out that the boat race run by Omura City, Nagasaki Prefecture continued the race with the audience even after the heavy rain warning was announced on the 6th. Omura City Boat Racing Enterprise Bureau commented, "It seemed that it would be dangerous for the customers to return immediately after the race was canceled. In the future, I would like to strive for careful race management while collecting information."
Due to this heavy rain, in Omura City, Nagasaki Prefecture, on 6th, landslide disaster warning information was issued after 1:00 pm, and around 2:40 pm, the national road was closed for 3.7 km due to flooding, etc. There was damage.
Against this backdrop, the boat race run by Omura City said, "We decided that the race could be held, although bad weather was expected," and started the race with a spectator at 3:00 pm.
At 4:30 pm, a special warning of heavy rain calling for the greatest caution was announced in 7 municipalities in Nagasaki Prefecture including Omura City, but the race was on schedule with spectators until about 9 pm I continued.
According to the Omura City Boat Racing Enterprise Bureau, there were more than 100 spectators around 6 pm, and after that, we arranged for temporary buses and sent the spectators to the main stations.
Omura City Boat Racing Enterprise Bureau told NHK interviewed, "It seems dangerous for the customer to return immediately after the race is cancelled. In the future, we will carefully manage the race while collecting detailed information in advance. I want to do my best."