Village again isolated Emergency road of bridge collapsed by typhoon 19 January 29 20:49 washed away by heavy rain
In Yamatsuri, Fukushima Prefecture, affected by typhoon 19 last year, residents used to go back and forth on an emergency road with piles of sandbags instead of a bridge that was swept away. The settlement is again isolated.
In the Takachihara district of Yamatsuri town, the typhoon No. 19 in October last year caused a heavy rainfall, and the bridge over the nearby Kuji River collapsed and became temporarily isolated, and the residents came and went along the emergency road that was set up thereafter. Is.
The first-aid road is a line of pipes 1 meter in diameter that secures the flow of the river, piled up with sandbags and covered with soil and gravel, but depending on the town, most of it was washed away by heavy rain on the 29th about it.
The water level of the river exceeded the road just after 9 am on the 29th, and the collapse started just after noon. The village was once again isolated, leaving 12 out of 28 residents. That is.
Residents who went out of the village through the road at around 9 am said, "I thought that the water would drain by the time I came home. I didn't expect this to happen. And I don't think it will be restored soon, so I was troubled. "
Yamatsuri is that the bridge of temporary scheduled for completion within the next month, are considering or can not be so that it can be used to prospect this month 31 days.
The town says, "I want to eliminate isolation as soon as possible."