Location where the evacuated residents died Not included in the inundation area Tochigi Ashikaga Oct. 19 4:19
In Ashikaga City, Tochigi Prefecture, which was inundated by Typhoon No. 19, the area where residents evacuated by car were stuck and died was not included in the assumed inundation area in the hazard map created by the city. It is thought that the river which is not the target of setting the inundation assumed area by the law was inundated, and the city has a policy to review the way of hazard maps.
In Ashikaga city, on the night of 12th of this month, a car on which three family members headed for a refuge by car got stuck in water, and an 85-year-old woman died of acute heart failure due to hypothermia.
Mayor Izumi, Mayor of Ashikaga City, revealed at the interview held at the city hall on the 18th that the area where the woman died was not included in the inundation area in the hazard map created by the city.
The area where the car was stuck faced a river that was swept away by a typhoon, but this river is not the target river for inundation assumption areas under the Flood Control Law.
In city, we want to review the way of hazard map and well-known method of evacuation route.
At the interview, Mayor Izumi stated that “I don't think the water will go up if the citizens see the map and it is painted in a white color that is not supposed to be inundated. It was.