Close the seawall gate by storm surge warning Hiroshima fishing port on August 14 at 17:17
Prior to the approach of Typhoon No. 10, a fishing port in Hiroshima City was working to close the gate of the seawall to prevent damage from storm surges.
According to the Hiroshima Regional Meteorological Observatory, the wave height on the coast of the prefecture is expected to be 2.5 meters over the 15th, and the weather station calls for attention to the storm surge because the approach of the typhoon and the high tide level overlap.
At the fishing port in Tanna-cho, Minami-ku, Hiroshima City, workers from contractors commissioned by the prefecture closed the tide gate in the afternoon of the 14th to prevent inundation damage caused by storm surges.
There were over 30 gates at a distance of about 500 meters, and the workers closed it manually for about 40 minutes.
Deputy General Manager Yukio Nakamura, Hiroshima Port Promotion Office, which manages the fishing port, said, “Because there is a risk of storms and storm surges from the morning due to the typhoon, it is unlikely that high waves and storm surges will occur. I wanted. "