Typhoon No. 19 tomorrow “Designated Emergency Disaster” to be approved by Cabinet to Prime Minister Oct. 17 20:51
Prime Minister Abe, who visited the disaster area due to Typhoon No. 19, announced at the meeting of the government's emergency disaster response headquarters held on the night of 17th that he would make a Cabinet decision to designate it as a `` special emergency disaster ''. So he told them to call out to be wary of secondary disasters because heavy rains are expected over the weekend.
Following the devastating damage caused by Typhoon No. 19, the government held its 7th emergency disaster response headquarters meeting around 7pm.
In this, Prime Minister Abe explained that he had visited the disaster areas in Fukushima and Miyagi prefectures on the 17th, and in order to support the rebuilding of the lives of those affected, Clarified that disasters are designated as “special emergency disasters”.
In addition, Prime Minister Abe said that heavy rain is expected again from the night of the 17th to the 19th in the stricken area, stating that “it is important to be wary of secondary disasters and to accelerate recovery,” We instructed the relevant ministers to continue to deal with the field principle thoroughly.
In addition, Prime Minister Abe expressed his intention to strengthen national support by increasing the number of SDF personnel, heavy machinery, and garbage collection vehicles in order to quickly handle disaster waste such as debris and broken furniture.