Government building is flooded Nagano Iiyama City Hall restoration work October 14th 11:38

At the city hall in Iiyama City, Nagano Prefecture, where the water of the tributary of the Chikuma River was flooded due to the heavy rain caused by the typhoon and the first floor of the government building was inundated to about half the height, the staff began to remove muddy water from the morning of the 14th when the water was drawn. At the same time, they are busy dealing with the understanding of damage.

In Iiyama City, Nagano Prefecture, the Chikuma River, a tributary of the Chikuma River, flowed back due to the increase of the Chikuma River, overflowing the embankment and overflowing into the city center.

At Iiyama City Hall, inundation started on the evening of the 12th, and the government building was submerged to about half the height of the first floor. There was a big influence such as going in and out of the building using.

After that, as the water level of the river dropped, drainage suddenly progressed, and after it became brighter, it became possible to enter the building from the entrance on the first floor as usual.

City officials were forced to remove muddy water and garbage from the government office building with the aim of restoring the counter service on the 15th.

In addition, the city hall held a disaster countermeasure meeting in the morning, and confirmed the policy of promptly investigating inundation damage to houses that have not yet been accurately grasped and restoring city roads.

According to Iiyama City, there is no information on injuries so far.

Mayor Masanori Adachi, Iiyama City, said, “We want to respond quickly because there is a lot of demand for garbage disposal in the house due to water pulling.”