China News Service, October 13 (Xinhua) Comprehensive report: After the powerful typhoon "Hagibis", the 19th typhoon of this year, made landfall in Shizuoka Prefecture on the evening of the 12th, violent storms caused serious disasters and the water levels of many rivers surged. . The Chikuma River flowing through Nagano Prefecture burst its banks and overflowed, causing NaganoJR East's Nagano Shinkansen depot to flood. A large number of trains were flooded, and the scene was shocking.
Typhoon "Hagibis" made landfall and brought violent storms, and the Nagano Shinkansen train in Japan was flooded.
According to the Japan Broadcasting Association (NHK), affected by the typhoon, the Chikuma River flowing through Nagano Prefecture overflowed in Nagano City, Chikuma City and other places, and many areas were severely flooded.
JR East said that due to the flooding of the Chikuma River, the Shinkansen vehicles at the JR East Nagano Shinkansen Vehicle Center in Akanuma, Nagano City were severely flooded.
On October 12, local time, affected by Typhoon Hagibis, streets and houses in Mie Prefecture, Japan were flooded.
According to reports, the area around the Nagano Shinkansen Vehicle Center was flooded, and it is currently impossible to get close to confirm the detailed damage. In addition to being a garage for Shinkansen vehicles, this vehicle center is also responsible for maintenance. Now the entire vehicle center is flooded, which may affect the opening and dispatch of the Shinkansen in the future.
In the picture taken in Nagano City at around 9:30 am local time on the 13th, you can see seven Shinkansen trains soaked in water. These vehicles are the vehicles introduced when the Shinkansen opened, and are E7 series or W7 series.
