Typhoon No.19 Kawasaki Factory Accumulation Area Flooded by a third of union member companies Oct. 25 19:35
In Kawasaki City, where a large area was inundated by Typhoon No. 19, it was found that in one of the companies that belong to the union, one third of the companies in the area spanned Takatsu Ward and Nakahara Ward where town factories are concentrated. .
In Kawasaki City, the Tama River tributary overflowed due to the impact of Typhoon No. 19, and the inundation flooded with sewage flowed back in five drainage channels along the river. is spreading.
Of these, the Shimonoge Industrial Cooperative Association, which spans Takatsu and Nakahara Wards, where manufacturing town factories are concentrated, found that more than one-third of the 60 member companies were inundated. I understood that.
Among them, in the company that processes metal for ultra-precision parts, etc., the 1st floor was flooded by about 70 cm, and 81 out of 89 machines were in a state where they could not be moved by water, causing damage such as replacement of expensive polishing machines The amount is over 300 million yen.
Kenichiro Tezuka, president of this company, who also serves as the vice president of the union, said, “There has been no memory of people in the area for more than 50 years, and it has become more rainy than expected. I want to go. "
In Kawasaki City, it is assumed that more companies such as other unions have suffered damage, and next week, the damage situation will be summarized based on the reports of four unions in the city, and support measures will be considered.
Inundation of town factory Records the time
In a company in Takatsu-ku, Kawasaki City, which was flooded along the Tama River, employees recorded the entire flood from the second floor of the factory.
At the machine control panel manufacturing company in Shimonoge, Takatsu-ku, from the 12th to 13th of this month when Typhoon No. 19 approached, employee Shigeharu Iida was evacuated to the second floor of the factory with his wife and daughter.
The photograph taken by Mr. Iida recorded that the area around the factory was inundated to the height of the knees around 6pm on the 12th, and the parking lot truck at around 9pm when it reached its peak. You can see how the water level rises more than 1 meter from the ground, such as the driver's seat and the middle of the telephone pole.
Mr. Iida said, “At first it was not so cloudy, but the muddy water rushed from the night, the water level rose quickly and the first floor doors could not be opened. The first floor of the company was raised. But I was surprised that water came in. This was my first experience. ”
In the factory, the tools on the first floor and the control panel that was scheduled to be delivered were exposed to mud and water. It means that it aims.