On the afternoon of the 6th, 50 people, including tourists who were climbing a river in Higashiomi City, Shiga Prefecture, could not cross the swollen river and were rescued by the fire department.
In addition, another three people who were camping in this downstream area were left behind in the sandbanks of the river, but were rescued by firefighters, and none of them were injured.
After 12:30 pm on the 6th, the company that planned the tour called the police at the Kanzaki River in Higashi-Omi City, saying that ``Sawanobori tour customers could not cross the swollen river''.
According to the police, there were 50 people at the scene, including tourists, and because the river was flooding, they could not proceed with the planned course and could not return, so they waited on the riverbank. It means that
Around the same time, a family of three who were camping in the Aichi River, about three kilometers downstream, were left behind on a swollen river bank, and were rescued by a firefighting boat about two hours later.
A total of 53 people rescued at the two sites were not injured.
According to the police, it was not raining near the scene at the time, but the water level of the river suddenly increased.
According to the Japan Meteorological Observatory, in Inabe City, Mie Prefecture, which is adjacent to Higashiomi City, on the morning of the 6th, according to radar analysis, it seems that it rained about 50 mm per hour, and the water level suddenly increased. Is it not?