Inundation elimination around Koshibe River Saitama Kawagoe City etc.October 15 18:56

The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism announced that inundation in areas damaged by the collapse of the Koshibe River, such as Kawagoe City in Saitama Prefecture, was almost eliminated by the morning of the 15th.

According to the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, rivers managed by the country in the Kanto region are inundated with four rivers, such as the Koshibe River and the Ikugawa River, where the embankments broke down, and over 4000 hectares are inundated.

As a result of continuing drainage work with pumps, among them, 1900 hectares in Kawagoe City, Saitama Prefecture, which was inundated by the rupture of the Koshibe River, and 160 hectares in Higashimatsuyama City, Saitama Prefecture, which was inundated by the rupture of the Koshibe River and the Tokugawa River, by the morning of 15th Inundation is almost eliminated.

In other flooded areas, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism continues to drain water with pump cars.