Power outage 72,000 houses in Chiba Prefecture (11:30 pm on 16th) September 17th 0:00
Due to Typhoon No. 15, there are still over 72,000 outages in Chiba Prefecture. TEPCO is proceeding with work with the aim of recovering until the 27th of this month.
According to TEPCO, in Chiba prefecture, about 72,100 units were out of power at 11:30 pm on the 16th.
By local government, ▽ Sanmu City has 7700 units,
▽ 7200 Yachimata City
▽ 7100 houses in Minamiboso City
▽ Chiba City has 3800 units in Midori Ward and Wakaba Ward.
On the other hand, on the 16th,
▽ Asahi City and ▽ Katsuura City,
▽ Sakai City,
▽ The power failure of Toshocho has been restored.
According to TEPCO, some cities and towns where power outages continue still take time to recover, and there are areas that take up to 27th this month.
In addition, this typhoon No. 15 has a lot of damage to buildings in various places, and there is a risk of a “conducting fire” that fires from damaged electrical wiring, etc., following the restoration of a power outage.
TEPCO has called for attention, such as turning off an electrical breaker before going out for a long time in a house with a power outage.
Information about power outages can be found on the TEPCO website. The URL of the home page is as follows. http://teideninfo.tepco.co.jp
TEPCO's official Twitter also announces the recovery status.