In Miyagi and Fukushima prefectures, where the maximum seismic intensity of 6 or higher was observed due to the impact of the earthquake on the night of the 16th, there are places where water outages and power outages continue, and the Tohoku Shinkansen is interrupted in some sections, affecting transportation in various places. It has come out.
It summarizes the situation in each area on the 18th.
Miyagi Prefecture
Traffic information = including Fukushima prefecture (as of 1:00 pm)
Due to the derailment of the train due to the earthquake, the Tohoku-Hokkaido Line is closed on the up and down lines between Nasushiobara Station in Tochigi Prefecture and Morioka Station in Iwate Prefecture.
In response to this, the number of high-speed buses heading from the east exit of Sendai Station to Tokyo has been increased from the usual 3 to 8 flights, but all flights are full on the 18th and the stage on the morning of the 18th. It means that many flights are filled with reservations on the 19th.
[Zairaisen]
As for the conventional lines running in Miyagi prefecture, the Sendai Airport Access Line, Ishinomaki Line, and Kesen-Numa Line have resumed operation.
Operation has resumed between Yamashita Station and Sendai Station on the Tohoku Main Line and the Senseki-Tohoku Line, and the Joban Line, but some trains have been significantly delayed or suspended.
In addition, the Joban Line will stop operating all day between Haranomachi Station and Yamashita Station.
The Abukuma Express, which connects Miyagi and Fukushima prefectures, has decided to suspend all lines between Tsukinoki station and Fukushima station in Miyagi prefecture for the time being due to the large damage to the equipment.
[Expressway] The
Tohoku Expressway and Joban Expressway, which pass through Miyagi Prefecture, are open to traffic.
The Joban Expressway was closed at noon on the up and down lines between the Shinchi interchange and the Minamisoma interchange in Fukushima prefecture.
As a result, all highway closures due to the earthquake have been lifted.
[Airmail]
Due to the interruption of some sections of the Tohoku-Hokkaido Line, a special flight connecting Haneda Airport and Sendai Airport will be operated.
All Nippon Airways operates 6 flights on the 18th and 8 flights a day from the 19th to the 24th of this month.
Japan Airlines operates 8 flights a day from the 18th to the 20th, 4 flights on the 21st of this month, and 6 flights on the 22nd.
According to airlines, the extra flight on the 18th is almost full.
Situation of water outage Sendai city has been resolved (as of 11:00 am)
According to each municipality in Miyagi prefecture, as of the morning of the 18th, the water supply has been cut off for more than 28,000 households.
Osaki City has about 10,100 units,
Misato Town has 9243 units in the entire
town, Wakuya Town has 5977 units in the entire town,
Kurihara City has 2759 units, and
Yamamoto Town has about 700 units.
In Sendai City, the water supply was temporarily cut off at a maximum of 2085 households due to the impact of this earthquake, but it is said that all of them were restored after 1:00 am on the 18th.
On the other hand, in case of water leaks due to damage to the water pipes of the house, water trucks are installed at Oritate Junior High School in Aoba Ward, Sendai City until noon on the 18th.
Sendai City "Ri disaster certificate" application acceptance start until May 16
The "Certificate of Disaster" is a document required when a building is damaged and you receive private insurance payments or support for public life reconstruction.
Sendai City began accepting applications at each ward office from the 19th.
The reception was also held at the Taihaku Ward Office from 8:30 am, and the visiting citizens explained the damage situation to the staff and filled out the application form.
The city will issue a certificate after investigating the house that received the application and confirming the degree of damage.
Also, if you have the documents you applied for this time, Sendai City will accept the disposal of disaster waste free of charge.
Sendai City accepts applications for "Certificate of Disaster" at each ward office until May 16th.
Fukushima Prefecture
Power outage Approximately 600 units in Soma City (as of noon)
According to the Tohoku Electric Power Network, as of noon, a total of about 600 households in Soma City and other areas are out of power.
Tohoku Electric Power is investigating the cause of the power outage.
Water supply cutoff Approximately 14,000 units Self-Defense Forces also supply water (as of noon)
According to Fukushima Prefecture, about 23,000 households in the jurisdiction of the Soma Regional Wide Area Water Supply Corporation, which supplies tap water to Soma City, Shinchi Town, and Kashima Ward in Minamisoma City, due to the effects of power outages caused by the earthquake. The water was cut off at, but by noon on the 18th, about 9,500 households had disappeared.
On the other hand, there is no prospect of recovery for the remaining 14,000 water outages due to the fact that damage to the instruments has been newly confirmed.
In Soma City, water supply has been cut off over a wide area due to damage to water pipes caused by the earthquake, and the city and the Self-Defense Forces have put out water trucks to take measures.
Of these, at Yamakami Elementary School in Yamakami, Soma City, the Self-Defense Forces were supplying water, and while it was snowing, residents with plastic tanks and PET bottles visited and received water.
A woman in her 70s who visited the water supply said, "I'm having trouble cooking and washing things because the water is stopped today. I'm worried because I don't know when it will recover."
Blue sheet distribution in Soma City to prevent rain leaks (until 6:00 pm)
The prefecture is expected to rain and snow over the 19th.
In Soma City, a rain leak occurred in a house whose roof was broken due to the rain in the morning, so the city is distributing a blue sheet to use as a countermeasure for the rain leak at the disaster prevention storage warehouse in Tsubota Miyahigashi. Many citizens come to pick it up.