Typhoon No.19 Kasumigaura rising water level Released water from the water gate Ibaraki Oct. 16 19:04
Due to the impact of Typhoon No. 19, the water level in Kasumigaura in Ibaraki Prefecture was high, so the sluice gate in Kamisu, Ibaraki Prefecture, was opened for the first time after the typhoon to lower the water level.
Opened is the Hitachi River Sluice, which is located at the junction of the Hitachi Tone River and Tone River connected from Kasumigaura.
In the operation room at the Hasaki branch office of the Kasumigaura River Office, the staff opened the gates of eight sluice gates to discharge water.
According to the Kasumigaura River Office, the Hitachigawa sluice is normally closed to prevent reverse flow of the Tone River and inflow of seawater.
However, in Kasumigaura where 56 rivers flow, water continues to accumulate due to the record rain of this typhoon, and it has also been confirmed that the Tone River water flows back to Kasumigaura across the sluice, and the water level is usually 60 It means that the state was as high as centimeters.
Toshiyuki Endo, Director of the Hasaki Branch of Kasumigaura River Office, said, “The water level of the Tone River has finally dropped, and the sluice gate has finally been opened. I want to return the water level raised by the typhoon to normal by the 21st of this month.” It was.