The damage and impact of heavy snowfall are occurring one after another in various parts of Japan.
Niigata 8 people injured from 15th to 16th
The strong winter-type pressure distribution continued, and in Niigata Prefecture, injuries occurred one after another due to the influence of snow over a wide area centering on Joetsu and Chuetsu on the 16th, and according to the fire departments in each area, it took 8 to 16 days in total. It means that a person was injured.
In Niigata Prefecture on the 16th, a man in his 70s who was operating a snowplow early in the morning in Kashiwazaki City was injured by being caught in a machine, and an 83-year-old man was removing snow in Tokamachi City. I fell off the roof of my house and was taken to the hospital.
The exact extent of the injury is unknown, but none of them are life-threatening.
On the 15th, a man in his 50s in Ojiya City was caught in his right hand while operating a snowplow on the premises of his company and cut two fingers, and a man in his 80s was on the roof while the snow was being removed. He fell from the ground and hit the back of his head, causing minor injuries.
A man in his 50s who was operating a snowplow in Myoko City was seriously injured when he was caught in his right hand trying to remove the snow stuck in the machine and broke his three fingers. In Tokamachi City, he was in his 40s. A man was seriously injured on his left hand while trying to remove the snow stuck in a snowplow on his premises.
Furthermore, in Uonuma City, a 79-year-old man fell while climbing a ladder to remove snow from his house, injuring his leg, and in Minami Uonuma City, a man in his 50s fell while the car was snowing. I had a serious injury that broke my left leg.
In Niigata prefecture, when removing snow in high places such as roofs, wear a helmet and attach a lifeline, and when removing snow stuck in a snowplow, be sure to stop the engine, and "flowing snow" to shed snow. We are calling for thorough confirmation of the location of "grooves" and waterways.
Tottori Yazu Town A fallen tree blocks a prefectural road and is isolated
In Yazu Town, Tottori Prefecture, the prefectural road is blocked by fallen trees due to snow, and 10 people from 7 households are isolated. Tottori Prefecture is working to eliminate the isolation by the end of the 16th.
According to Tottori Prefecture and Yazu Town, the prefectural road leading to the Himeji district of Yazu Town was blocked by fallen trees due to snow, and two households in the village were isolated from the 15th, and another new one in Yazu Town on the 16th. It turned out that 8 people from 5 households in the village were isolated.
Although the two villages are out of power, they are in contact by telephone, and both households have water and food, and the health of the residents is not a problem.
Tottori Prefecture and Yazu Town are proceeding with work such as removing fallen trees with the aim of eliminating isolation by the end of the 16th.
More than 80 households are isolated in Hyogo Shinonsen Town
In Shinonsen Town in the northern part of Hyogo Prefecture, the roads are blocked due to fallen trees and more than 80 households are isolated.
According to the Disaster Alert Headquarters in Shinonsen Town, Hyogo Prefecture, a total of 86 households are isolated in five villages, Takayama, Kutani, Ossaka, Haruki, and Uchiyama, due to fallen trees caused by heavy snow. ..
Although we are dismantling of fallen trees in the town, that the prospect of isolation resolved not stand, for those who can not return to his home in the village, the town is situated in the city center from 5:00 16 pm We have opened a shelter at the townsman center.
A man in his 60s living in Shinonsen said, "I thought it had fallen for the first time in three years. I shoveled snow in the morning, but soon my car was buried. It will rain so much in December. Is the first time. "
Also, in the neighboring Kami Town, Hyogo Prefecture, the traffic lights in the town did not light up due to a power outage, police officers standing at the intersection were guiding the car with hand signals, and on the road in Muraoka Ward, Kami Town, the height was about 7 meters. A tree fell on the wire and a worker was working on the removal.
Power outage Over 5,700 households in northern Hyogo prefecture (5:20 pm on the 16th)
According to Kansai Electric Power Co., Inc., a total of more than 5,700 households are out of power as of 5:20 pm in northern Hyogo Prefecture.
Power outages have occurred in approximately 2420 units in Shinonsen Town, approximately 1790 units in Kami Town, approximately 1490 units in Toyooka City, and approximately 40 units in Yabu City.
In Hyogo prefecture, it is snowing in the north due to the strong cold air, and although the cause is unknown at Kansai Electric Power, it seems that some kind of trouble has occurred in the electrical equipment due to the heavy snow.
The recovery is expected to be around noon on the 17th in the slowest area.