Self-Defense Force dispatches water truck to district where power outage continues Chiba Tomisato September 10 18:05
The power outage associated with Typhoon No. 15 caused water outages in some houses in Tomisato City, Chiba, and the Self-Defense Forces dispatched water trucks.
According to Tomisato City, as of 3:00 pm, power outages continued in the city with over 19,000 units, and water outages occurred in condominiums that pumped water into tanks on the roof with electric pumps.
In this area, about 500 households in the Hiyoshidai area were shut down, and the Self-Defense Forces dispatched water trucks loaded with 1 ton of water to elementary schools to supply drinking water.
In elementary school, people with bags and tanks for water supply visited one after another, and tanks supplied by members of the Self-Defense Forces were carried to the residents' cars.
A 19-year-old office worker who lives nearby said, “I'm in trouble because I couldn't wash and wash because of a power outage, and I couldn't use the toilet.
Hideki Mori, Director of Tomisato City Urban Development Department, “I feel the importance of experiencing disasters like this and preparing for them again. "