Typhoon No.19 Damage to agriculture, forestry and fisheries 25 billion yen Expected to increase further October 17 16:27
The impact of Typhoon No. 19 caused damage to agriculture, forestry and fishery products and related facilities in a wide range such as Tohoku, Kanto, and Chubu, but the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries revealed that the damage amounted to approximately 25 billion yen at present. did. However, the total amount of damage has not been grasped, so the amount of damage is expected to increase further.
The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries compiled the damage status of Typhoon No. 19 through the prefectures. According to it, the amount of damage related to agriculture, forestry and fisheries is 24,920 million yen in 30 prefectures such as Nagano and Fukushima prefectures.
However, what we have been able to understand so far is limited to damage to agricultural facilities such as irrigation canals and forest roads, and we are still investigating the inundation damage of agricultural, forestry and fishery products that are expected to suffer significant damage. For this reason, the damage amount is expected to increase further.
According to the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, in crops, fruit damage such as apples and peaches in the Chikuma River in Nagano Prefecture and the Abukuma River basin in Fukushima Prefecture is serious. In the Tohoku region, the rice before harvesting and the rice that has been harvested and stored in warehouses are seriously damaged.
In the municipalities where major damage has occurred, the staff is busy with the response, and it takes time to grasp the actual situation of the damage, so the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries has dispatched 38 staff to the local government by the 16th to support It is hit