At the site of the debris flow in Atami City, Shizuoka Prefecture, a large amount of muddy water is still flowing on the slope five days after the outbreak, and firefighters and others are engaged in rescue activities while the dangerous situation continues.
On the 8th, the Fire and Disaster Management Agency of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications released a video of rescue activities being carried out at a site where access is restricted.
The footage shot on the morning of the 8th shows firefighters scraping mud and removing materials from broken houses, but there is still a lot of brown, muddy water on the slopes. You can see that the activity is continuing next to the danger.
In addition, it is also shown that the collapsed house is being manually squeezed through a shovel or the like while searching for a person whose safety is unknown.
According to the Fire and Disaster Management Agency of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, while there are places where earth and sand are being removed at the bottom of the slope, there are many places where heavy machinery cannot be put in, and it is mainly the hands to scrape out earth and sand for rescue and carry out waste. It means that the work is underway.
If it is judged that there is a risk of secondary damage such as heavy rain, the work is often interrupted, which makes it a difficult activity while being wary of secondary damage.