"Disaster Rescue Law" is applied to 317 municipalities in 13 prefectures, surpassing the Great East Japan Earthquake October 19th, 4:18
“Disaster Rescue Law” in which the government supports the expenses for rescue operations and home repairs immediately after a disaster. Local governments that were decided to be applied due to damage caused by Typhoon No. 19 reached 317 municipalities in 13 prefectures in total, exceeding the `` Great East Japan Earthquake '' that targeted 241 municipalities, and the damage was more widespread I understand that.
More than 300 local governments
The “Disaster Rescue Law” is a law that provides financial support to the government so that immediately after a disaster occurs, rescue operations, emergency repairs of houses, installation of evacuation shelters and temporary housing, etc. proceed promptly. In the event of damage, the prefectural governor designates and applies the local government.
According to the Cabinet Office, the number of local governments that were decided to be applied by the evening of the 18th due to damage caused by Typhoon No. 19 has risen to 13 cities and 317 municipalities, mainly in Tohoku and Kanto Koshin.
The breakdown is 50 municipalities in Fukushima, 35 municipalities in Miyagi prefecture, 14 municipalities in Iwate prefecture, 44 municipalities in Nagano prefecture, 40 municipalities in Saitama prefecture, 26 municipalities in Gunma prefecture, Tokyo 25 municipalities, Ibaraki prefecture 23 cities and towns, Yamanashi prefecture 20 municipalities, Kanagawa prefecture 19 municipalities, Tochigi prefecture 16 cities and towns, Niigata prefecture 3 cities, Shizuoka prefecture 2 It has become a city and a town.
This is more than the 241 municipalities in the 10 prefectures that were damaged by the tsunami in the “Great East Japan Earthquake” in 2011. Some local governments do not yet know the full extent of the damage, and the Cabinet Office will continue to apply them according to the damage situation.
To “special disaster” designation
In addition, because the estimated cost of restoration of civil engineering facilities such as embankments and agricultural facilities exceeded the standard for the damage of Typhoon No. 19, we decided to designate it as a “severe disaster” without specifying the area. It was. This raises the national subsidy rate for local governments to carry out restoration work.