Houses with power outages again due to strong winds one after another September 23, Chiba Prefecture, 19:02

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After strong winds due to the approach of the temperate cyclone that changed from Typhoon No. 17, there were a number of houses in Chiba Prefecture that had lost power but recovered from power outages. Although the blackouts in these houses have already been restored, the residents have heard that they are mentally ill when there are many blackouts.

Due to the approach of the temperate cyclone that changed from Typhoon No. 17, the wind became stronger in Chiba Prefecture, of which a maximum instantaneous wind speed of 24.2 meters was observed in Chiba City.

In the prefecture, a power failure occurred at Typhoon No. 15 on the 9th of this month, but once it was restored, there were a series of houses that were out of power again around noon on the 23rd. According to TEPCO, there were approximately 2500 units in Chiba and Yachimata. about it.

For this reason, in Miharuno, Hanamigawa-ku, Chiba City, the family who was staying at home stopped cooling and was seen to move to the car and cool off.

The blackouts in these houses were restored by 5:00 pm, but a man in his 40s who was in the car said, “If there are many blackouts, I'm worried about the refrigerator, and I'm mentally irritated. "

Also, a man in his fifties living in the neighborhood said, “Today it ’s too hot to open the window because it ’s windy. After recovering, I thought it would be okay, so I lost power. "

TEPCO said that the cause was under investigation and that there was a possibility that a power failure occurred due to a tree that was blown off by a strong wind caught on a utility pole.