Before dawn on the 4th, a landslide was found in the mountains of Itoigawa City, Niigata Prefecture, and earth and sand flowed into three buildings including houses.
It is said that no one was caught in the earth and sand, but some households were isolated because the prefectural road was cut off, and Itoigawa City has issued evacuation advisories to 20 people in 9 nearby households.
Around 1 am on the 4th, a power outage occurred in the mountains of Itoigawa City, and Tohoku Electric Power Co., Inc., which was in the process of restoration, contacted the city saying that the road was cut off by a landslide.
According to an investigation by Itoigawa City, it was confirmed that a landslide was occurring while involving the snow that had accumulated on the mountain slope in the Kurumizawa area, and earth and sand were flowing down toward the village several hundred meters below.
Due to this landslide, earth and sand flowed into three buildings, including houses, vacant houses, and warehouses.
No one was involved in this landslide or was injured.
In addition, because the prefectural road is cut off, a total of 4 people from 2 households in the vicinity are isolated.
The city has issued an evacuation advisory to 20 people from 9 households in the Kurumizawa area, saying that landslides may spread.
According to the Niigata Local Meteorological Observatory, this landslide seems to have occurred due to the loosening of the ground due to the temperature rise after heavy snowfall, so we are calling attention by issuing a warning of snowmelt and avalanche over a wide area of the prefecture. ..