Nagano Prefecture A series of landslides in the southern part of the prefecture

Due to the heavy rain, landslides continued to occur in Nagano prefecture from the night of the 11th to the morning of the 12th, mainly in the southern part of the prefecture, causing damage such as isolation of villages and water outage.

Among these, in Takagi Village, the prefectural road is closed due to the impact of a large-scale landslide, and according to the village, 66 households in 36 households in the Oshima area are isolated.

They are in contact with the residents, have access to electricity and water, and no one is sick at the moment.

According to the Nagano Prefecture Iida Construction Office, the scale of the collapsed earth and sand is approximately 60 meters high and 80 meters wide.

The construction office plans to use an unmanned machine to remove the soil, but there is a possibility that the soil will collapse further, and there is no prospect of recovery, so we are considering making a temporary road as a siding circuit. Is there.

Also, in Achi Village, a part of the village road was damaged by a landslide and the water pipes were damaged. The village is working with water trucks, but it will take some time to recover.

In addition, one man was injured in a landslide in Toyooka village, and in Kiso village there was damage such as underfloor inundation of houses and the outflow of earth and sand that blocked several roads.