Fire brigade member "related to life" Nakagawa 18:07 on 18 October without flooding information announcement

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Ibaraki was told that despite the occurrence of large-scale inundation in the Nakagawa River in Ibaraki Prefecture due to the impact of Typhoon No.19, the “Flood Occurrence Information” was not announced to inform the rivers of the country's response. In Hitachi-Omiya City, the fire brigade member who helped those who were left behind, said, "If you are not informed about the breakdown and flooding, you will be involved in your own life and your life."

Yoichi Aoki, a fire brigade member in the Noguchi area of ​​Hitachi-Omiya city, testified that the Nakagawa flooding had already begun at the time of the dawn of this month, and that it was helping people left behind at home etc. .

Around 3 am, Mr. Aoki was on a boat and was rescued, but suddenly the water flow suddenly increased and the branches of trees flowed. Judgment, the rescue operation was interrupted and evacuated on the hill.

Mr. Aoki said, “The flow suddenly became faster, so I thought that the levee broke down. I felt that it would be related to the lives of myself and my friends unless the site was informed of the river ’s breach or flooding.” I was talking.

Resident “Over the levee after 2am”

A woman living in Shimo-Isehata, Hitachiomiya City, Ibaraki Prefecture, testified that the river water had already crossed the embankment after 2:00 am on the 13th.

Maiko Aoki, who lives about 600m from the site where the levee broke down, was 2:00 am and knew that the water of the Nakagawa river was inundated by the fire brigade.

Mr. Aoki said, “A fire brigade came after 2am and said,“ The water is coming up on the embankment, so this area is also dangerous. ”At that time, the water level went up to the knee. “I was scared,” he recalls.

A photograph taken from Mr. Aoki's home around 5am shows that the river overflows from the Nakagawa River.

In another photo taken at the same time, you can see that the garden at home is submerged.

Hitachi-Omiya City "I think it did not affect evacuation"

Hitachi Omiya City issued an evacuation advisory to the entire city at 3:45 pm on the 12th, and then issued an evacuation instruction to residents in the Nakagawa basin at 9:50 pm.

Regarding the lack of information on the occurrence of flooding in the country, the city official said, “We thought that the evacuation was not affected because we had called the residents in advance.”

Mayor of Hitachi Omiya “After a break, verification”

Mayor Shinichiro Mitsugi of Hitachi-Omiya City said, “We have been carrying out rescue activities as much as possible with human life as much as possible, and we believe that there was no significant impact on those activities. I would like to verify the correspondence between the place and the city. "