Fukushima Motomiya October 15th 19:00 on two rivers
In Motomiya City, Fukushima Prefecture, where seven people died in this typhoon, it can be seen that the Abukuma River and the tributary Adachi Tara River flooded one after another in a short time, and the wide area of the city area was seen to be flooded. It was.
In Motomiya City, the Adachi Tara River, which flows from the east to west in the city center, flows into the Abukuma River, which flows from north to south. Residential and commercial areas are spread around the junction.
The Adachi-Tara River is believed to have flooded in the evening due to a sudden increase in water from around the evening of the 12th.
According to Fukushima Prefecture, the Adachi-Tara River is about 500 meters upstream from the confluence, and the bank on the left bank broke down for about 15 meters, and it seems that water flowed into the city area on the north side of the river from here.
On the other hand, at the Abukuma River, at the observatory at the merging point at midnight on the 13th, the flooding water level was exceeded, and the water overflowed around 1:00 am and flowed to the west side where JR Hongu Station is located.
The flooding point of the two rivers is only about 600 meters away, and the flooding of the rivers in a short period of time caused a large amount of water to flow into the city area, which seems to have caused inundation damage.