Damaged by many factories in the industrial park due to typhoon high waves Yokohama, Kanazawa-ku, September 11, 12:01
Due to the impact of Typhoon No. 15, the industrial estate facing Tokyo Bay in Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama City has suffered damage such as the breakwater collapsed due to high waves and a large amount of seawater flowed, causing damage to many factory machines.
The area facing Tokyo Bay in Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama is an industrial park called “LINKAI Yokohama Kanazawa”, and more than 1200 companies, mainly manufacturing and wholesale, have offices and factories.
Due to the high waves caused by Typhoon No. 15, the revetment of about 1 kilometer was damaged in a wide area, and a large amount of seawater flowed into the premises, causing the factory machinery to break down and the electrical system equipment to be submerged.
Among them, at a factory of a company that manufactures iron pipes for agriculture in the Fukuura area, seawater flowed to the waist for a while.
In addition to iron pipe was a ship in the factory is rust red, large machine motor is stuck soaked in sea water, is that it is a state in which the prospect of factory resume does not stand.
President of steel pipe manufacturing company Chiyomi Suzuki said, “Rusted iron pipes had to be destroyed, and an important machine that could be said to be the heart of the factory was damaged. I think the damage will be at least several hundred million yen.” It was.
According to the Yokohama Kanazawa Industry Liaison Council, which is made up of companies in the industrial park, the full extent of the damage is still unknown, but it seems that nearly 100 companies are damaged, and the city of Yokohama also dispatches personnel to the site. To investigate.