Due to the effects of snow and strong winds, damage is occurring in various places.
Akita
A part of the building was found to have collapsed in Yokote City, Akita Prefecture.
According to the fire department, after 5 am on the 7th, there was a report that "the building seems to have collapsed due to snow."
The one that broke was a building that was used as an automobile maintenance factory in Masuda, Masuda-machi, Yokote City.
It means that no one is injured.
A part of the building has collapsed, and the part of the roof that remains unbroken has snow that has accumulated so far.
Firefighters believe that the weight of the snow on the roof has caused the building to collapse.
In the Arayakatsuhira district of Akita City, the electric wire support was broken.
According to Tohoku Electric Power Co., Inc., this pole is for pulling electric wires from the utility pole into the house, and although it is originally about 5 meters high, it is broken near the root.
The stanchions are believed to have been broken by strong winds.
According to the Akita City Fire Department, there were 19 reports by 6 pm on the 7th that the roofs of houses were blown off by strong winds in Akita City.
None of them contain information about injured people.
Of these, at the store in Hiroomote, Akita City, some of the store signs stuck to the outer wall of the building were damaged.
In front of the store, a rushed fire department worker used a ladder to remove signs that were about to come off.
According to the Tohoku Electric Power Network Akita branch office, as of 7:45 pm on the 7th, about 15,100 households in Akita prefecture were out of power.
▽ Approximately 6300 units in Akita City,
▽ Approximately 4700 units in Happo Town,
▽ 1900 units in Katagami City,
▽ About 800 households are out of power in Oga City.
Power outages have also occurred in ▽ Mitane Town, ▽ Noshiro City, and ▽ Yokote City.
The Tohoku Electric Power Network is investigating the cause of the power outage and urgently recovering it.
Niigata Prefecture
According to police and Niigata City, on the afternoon of the 7th, a total of four trucks rolled over on National Route 116 in Nishikan Ward, Niigata City, and one of them was slightly injured.
In addition, one truck rolled over on National Route 402 in Nishikan Ward due to strong winds, but no one was injured.
In Sado City, Niigata Prefecture, the roofs of houses were blown off one after another.
In the Sawada area, a part of the tin roof of the warehouse was peeled off after 2:30 pm.
Also, in the same Sawada area, the roof of a two-story apartment was torn off by a strong wind after 4 pm, and the roof tiles of the house fell after 2:30 pm. None of them are injured.
Around 3:00 pm on the 7th, two signboards about 1.5 meters long and 2.5 meters wide hit a light passenger car running on National Route 351 in Midoricho, Nagaoka City.
The windshield of the car broke in this accident, but the driver was not injured by getting out of the car on his own, so police believe that the signboard installed along the national highway was hit by a strong wind and fell. ..
The site was in the center of Nagaoka City, where restaurants are lined up along the national highway, and police officers were busy removing the fallen signboard.
According to Tohoku Electric Power Co., Inc., as of 7:00 pm on the 7th, a total of about 55,700 households in Niigata Prefecture are out of power due to strong winds.
Tohoku Electric Power is proceeding with restoration work because the utility poles are broken or the electric wires are broken due to the strong wind.
Ishikawa Prefecture
On the 7th, strong winds caused damage in Ishikawa prefecture one after another.
According to the fire departments in various parts of the prefecture, a hut in a house collapsed in Nomi City and a woman in her 70s was slightly injured. It means that it was done.
According to the local governments in the prefecture, there were about 100 cases of damage to buildings such as roofs and outer walls peeling off due to strong winds.
In addition, roadside trees fell down and electric wires were cut in various parts of the prefecture.
According to Hokuriku Electric Power Co., Inc., after 5 pm on the 7th, a total of about 530 households in the prefecture were out of power due to the blizzard, and restoration work is underway.
By municipality, there are
330 units in Kanazawa City and
80 units in Nanao City and Nakanoto Town, respectively.
On the other hand, on the prefectural road in Uchinada Town, a light car rolled over and a man in his 50s who was driving was slightly injured.
According to the fire department, an electric wire was hanging near the accident site, and police and others are investigating the relationship with strong winds.