Unable to use air conditioner due to power outage.

In Chiba Prefecture, where power outages continue due to typhoons, air conditioners cannot be used in many houses in the heat exceeding 30 degrees. In Kimitsu City, local welfare officers visited elderly people living alone to check their health conditions, such as whether they had heat stroke.

Of these, in the Kitakoyasu district, where there are many elderly people in Kimitsu City, the local welfare officers visited the elderly's homes and confirmed whether there was any change in their physical condition and whether there were enough food and medications to drink. It was.

Senior citizens who visited the site consulted that they were “hot and tired”, and the local welfare officer advised them to provide information on the shelters.

A man in his 70s who lives alone said, “He is in a good condition, but it ’s too hot. It ’s a power outage, and the raw food in the freezer has gone bad. I did n’t expect the power outage to last so long. "

Mr. Kenji Kimura, a member of the public welfare committee who went around, said, “While it ’s so hot, I ’m worried about heat stroke because the power outage wo n’t go away. I want to watch over. "