Recorded heavy rain Oita prefecture River floods and increased water levels caused a number of water level gauge failures.
In Oita prefecture, where record heavy rains have occurred, water level gauges have broken down due to river flooding and increased water levels, and currently there are problems such as the inability to measure water levels at six observatories. The prefecture urges us to consider evacuating early as soon as possible to check and repair the water level gauge.
In Oita Prefecture, rivers in various areas increased due to record heavy rains causing floods in the Chikugo and Oita rivers.
Due to this effect, the water level gauges at six observation stations along the river in the prefecture broke down, and at four of them, the water level could not be observed at all, and the remaining two sites were updated. It means that there is a problem with.
Of these, at the observatory in Amase-cho, Hita City, on the Kusu River of the Chikugo River system, the river camera shows that the river water is being applied to the electrical system equipment of the water level meter from 6 am on the 7th, After that, the water level could not be observed at 6:50 am.
The water level of rivers is a standard for calling for evacuation action, and in Oita prefecture, we are urgently inspecting and repairing water level gauges as the rain is expected to increase again from the 9th.
Takanori Kato, Chief of the Oita Prefectural River Division, said, "I want you to consider early evacuation by referring to the images from the river camera until the restoration is completed."