Shiga Koga Heavy rain causes collapse of houses behind mountains No injuries June 19 11:40
Due to the heavy rain, the back mountain of the house collapsed in Koga City, Shiga Prefecture on the morning of the 19th, and the sand and sand flowed into the vicinity of the building. The person who lived was not injured.
At around 6:30 am on the 19th, a man living in a residence in Shigaraki-cho, Koga-shi reported to the fire department that the soil on the back mountain had collapsed.
A fire and police survey found that the back mountain of the house collapsed over a height of 10 meters and a width of 20 meters, and the sediment flowed into the site of the house. The building was not damaged and the three people inside were not injured.
Trees were knocked down on the back mountain of the site, and the earth and sand covered the daily necessities on the back of the house. A man in his 80s living in this house said, "When I woke up in the morning and turned on the electricity, there was a sound like a bang and a thunder. I didn't expect it to collapse.
According to the Hikone Local Meteorological Observatory, in Koga Shigaraki, the amount of rainfall that started from 9:00 a.m. on the 18th until 6 a.m. on the 19th was 102 mm, which is about the amount of rainfall in the month of June of the usual year. It is about half.
Since the ground is loose due to heavy rain, the meteorological observatory continues to call attention to sediment-related disasters.