Bankruptcy due to heavy rain Commencement of field survey at Kuma River Hitokichi Kumamoto 13th July 17:43
On the Kuma River in Hitoyoshi City, Kumamoto Prefecture, where the embankment broke due to the heavy rain this time, a field investigation by a national investigation committee began.
The Kyushu Regional Development Bureau of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism established an investigative committee made by experts to investigate the cause of the Kuma River embankment's collapse, and conducted a field survey in Hitoyoshi City on the 13th.
Five people including a university professor who was selected as a committee member gathered near the Benito Bridge in Nakagami-cho, Hitoyoshi City, where the embankment broke over 30 meters, and staff from the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism explained the situation.
After that, they approached the site of the collapse and took pictures of the facility that discharges agricultural water into the river, and touched the collapsed soil to check the geology.
The government will consider the recovery method based on the report of the investigation committee to be compiled in the future.
"It seems that the water level has risen to a level that has never been seen before in disasters," said Professor Emeritus Akiyama, Professor Emeritus of Kyushu Institute of Technology. I think it's a result."