Typhoon No. 8 Damaged in Oita Prefecture and Miyazaki Prefecture on August 6 at 17:58

Due to the impact of Typhoon No. 8, damage has occurred in Kyushu in Oita Prefecture and Miyazaki Prefecture.

In Oita Prefecture, at around 10:00 am on the 6th, a 56-year-old man running a farm in the Nogami River flowing through Kuju-cho was found to have been taken to a nearby hospital. .

About 8:30 am on the 6th, the man told his family that he was going to see the river and was unable to contact him after leaving the workplace. The family reported to the police and was looking for whereabouts. . The police are investigating the details of the situation, assuming that the water level accidentally fell to a river whose water level rose to about 1 meter and 25 centimeters due to the typhoon.

In Miyazaki Prefecture, a man in his fifties who was delivering a newspaper at Nobeoka City at around 4am on the 6th tried to wake up a fallen bicycle. That is.

In addition, in Hiji-machi, Oita, around 7:30 am on the 6th, a woman in her 50s went out of her home to take out the trash, and she was hit by a strong wind and fell slightly injured in her head. Around 6 am in Ayamachi, a woman in her 60's who tried to close the door at her home fell in a gust of wind and fell lightly injured.

In addition, damage such as inundation has occurred.

In Nobeoka City, Miyazaki Prefecture, inundation damage was also confirmed. In Mikawa, Kitaura-cho, Nobeoka City, one house was damaged by water up to the floor, and underfloor inundation was confirmed in three buildings: two houses and one warehouse. about it. Also, at Mikawauchi Elementary and Junior High School in Kitaura-cho, Nobeoka City, mud flowed into the site and there was no inundation of buildings such as school buildings, but part of the site was submerged to a depth of about 5 cm That is.

In addition, in Ashiya Town, Fukuoka Prefecture, the outer wall of the store and house collapsed due to the typhoon and was scattered on the sidewalk. No one has been injured.