A gust of wind destroyed 20 buildings and investigated the cause of the meteorological observatory Nagano Matsumoto August 7, 12:51

On the 6th, more than 20 cases of damage such as broken roofs of buildings were confirmed in Matsumoto City, Nagano Prefecture, and the weather station assumed that damages caused by gusts of winds in the surrounding area were dispatched to investigate the cause.

After 5:00 pm on the 6th, there was damage to the window glass of the building and the ceiling board coming off at the commercial facility “Alpia Yodogawa Shopping Center” in Yodogawa Pass, Matsumoto City.

According to Matsumoto City, there were around 20 damages in the area around this facility, such as roof tiles flying and trees falling down at 10am on the 7th, but there were no injuries.

On the 7th, the Nagano Local Meteorological Observatory, etc., had a gust of wind, dispatched six staff members to the site to investigate the situation, and took pictures of the damage with a camera and listened to the weather at that time.

According to Katsuhiko Takizawa, Chief of Disaster Prevention Guidance at the Nagano Regional Meteorological Observatory, who was surveyed, “The damage was larger than expected, and the wind seemed to have blown from east to west. I want to work hard. "

Damage at Nagano welfare facilities

There was damage that seems to be caused by gusts at welfare facilities in Nagano City.

According to the staff of the facility, “Nensho Shinko” in Shinsara-cho, Nagano, was damaged. According to the staff of the facility, around 4:30 pm, when a black cloud suddenly spreads, it looks like rain and hail with a strong wind. It means that something has fallen.

According to the staff, the rainy and windy condition lasted for about 5 minutes, and after checking the outside, two pieces of tin roof about 10 meters in length and width were blown away.

In addition, according to the staff of the facility, damage to the tiles is blown out in the surrounding houses.

“I was very scared to see the flying in the wind when I looked out of the facility,” said Chieko Yamazaki from the “Home Health Center”.