12 cows die in flooding in a cowshed Fukushima Yabukicho Oct. 15 16:15
In Yabuki-cho, Fukushima Prefecture, in the Abukuma River basin, cowsheds are also flooded, and more than 10 cows are drowned and damaged.
In Shigeki Morone's cowshed in Yabuki-cho, about 500 meters away from the Abukuma River, the cowshed was flooded by up to 3 meters due to the flooding of the river.
Morone tried to evacuate the cattle until midnight on the 12th when the typhoon was approaching, but he had to give up on the way, and of the 240 beef cattle he had raised, Twelve heads drowned and died. One of them was swept to Sukagawa City, about 5 km away.
Some cattle were alive but were swept to the riverbed at the border between Koriyama City and Motomiya City, more than 30 kilometers away.
There are nearly 10 other cows whose whereabouts are unknown.
In the barn, the piping of groundwater used for drinking cows was broken, and the feed was also submerged, making it difficult to raise, and we decided to ship cows early on the 15th.
Mr. Morone says, “We only have to give up cattle in this place. We need administrative support because there are times when individuals don't turn around, such as handling debris and dead cattle.” It was.