The water level rises at Shimokubo Dam around 1 am on the 13th Possibility of emergency discharge October 12 18:33
The Kanto Regional Development Bureau of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism said that the water level of the dam was rising due to the heavy rain caused by Typhoon No.19. Announced that it might start.
It was revealed at a press conference held by the Kanto Regional Development Bureau of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism in Omiya Ward, Saitama City jointly with the weather station.
According to it, the water level of the dam at Shimokubo Dam on the border between Saitama Prefecture and Gunma Prefecture will increase due to heavy rain, and it may rise further in the future. It means that there is a possibility of starting emergency discharge from.
For this reason, the residents of Fujioka City, Takasaki City, Gunma Prefecture, and Kamikawa Town and Kamisato Town in Saitama Prefecture are called out to watch out for low land inundation.
The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism announces that it will be announced three hours before the emergency release.