The Abukuma River levee break was revealed in the morning of the 13th inhabitants' filming image on October 17 at 12:06
A picture taken by the residents showed that the break of the Abukuma River embankment that occurred in Sukagawa City, Fukushima Prefecture occurred in the morning of 13th of this month when typhoon No. 19 passed and the rain stopped.
In Hamao, Sukagawa City, the levee broke 50 meters long near the confluence of the Abukuma River and the waterway, and the national levee investigation committee began an investigation on the 16th of when and under what circumstances the breach occurred.
Nobufumi Yaskawa (68), who lives on a nearby hill, took photos and videos of the site at that time.
In the photo taken at 5:30 am on the 13th of this month, in addition to the water level of the Abukuma River across the dike, the water level overflowing from the waterway on the land outside the dike was considerably raised.
In the photo after 7am, the water level was just as high as the embankment.
At around 11:20 am, Mr. Yaskawa noticed the breakdown and took a video.
The video shows the embankment disappearing and the muddy stream flowing.
It is thought that the Abukuma River was flooded in various places by typhoon No. 19 passing through Fukushima Prefecture, but the break of Hamao Embankment in Sukagawa City was 7:00 am after the typhoon moved away and the rain settled Shows what happened between 11:20 am.
Yaskawa-san said, “I could hardly hear the sound when it broke down, but I was scared because I saw it for the first time.”