China News Service, July 11th. Comprehensive report, heavy rains have been falling in western Japan recently, causing floods and mudslide disasters. Currently, nearly 160 people have died and dozens of people have lost contact. In the heavy rain-hit area, by the evening of the 10th, tens of thousands of other households, except for 3,500 households, power supply was restored. However, the progress of water supply and maintenance was slow, and 200,000 people were facing water shortage on that day.
The heavy rain disaster killed more than 100 people. High temperatures enveloped the disaster area. According to statistics from Japan's Asahi Shimbun, after Typhoon No. 7 approached Kyushu on the 3rd, as of 9 o'clock local time on the 10th, the death toll in each prefecture was Hiroshima 58, Okayama 54, Ehime 26, Kyoto and Fukuoka , 3 Yamaguchi, Kagoshima and Hyogo , 2 each, Gifu , Shiga , Kochi , Saga each.
missing people, etc., were 45 people in Hiroshima, 21 people in Okayama, and a total of at least 72 people.
In the heavy rain-hit area, by the evening of the 10th, repair workers worked hard to repair it. In addition to 3,500 households, tens of thousands of other households resumed electricity supply. However, due to the slow progress of water supply and maintenance, 200,000 people were still facing the problem of water shortage that day.
As summer enters, while it is hit by heavy rain, the disaster area in West Japan is also shrouded in the scorching heat. The Japan Meteorological Agency said that the temperature in the disaster area was 34.8 degrees Celsius in Ehime Prefecture, 34.8 degrees Celsius in Okayama Prefecture, 532.5 degrees Celsius in Kurashiki City, and 31.2 degrees Celsius in Higashima Prefecture, both set the highest records this year.
On July 9th local time, people in Mabi Town, Okayama Prefecture, Japan passed by on a temporary floating bridge.
Abe : All parties should actively support
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe asked relevant units to strengthen "actively support for victims in the disaster area" at the headquarters meeting of the emergency disaster response on the 10th without waiting for the local governments in the disaster area to ask for help from the local governments in the disaster area; he said, "The reserve fee will be prepared and the emergency assistance to victims will be quickly promoted."
He also revealed that in order to solve the problem of insufficient food and other daily necessities in the disaster area, vehicles that transport materials to local convenience stores and other places may be requisitioned.
Japanese Cabinet 5 Secretary-General Suga Yoshihide html introduced at a press conference on the 510th that about 75,000 people and 79 helicopters were sent to search the police, firefighters, self-defense forces and the Coast Security Department. He said: "Under the policy of life first, we are trying our best to search and rescue."
The Japan Meteorological Agency named the disaster "Storm in July 1930" on July 9.
Suga Yoshihide said at a press conference on the 9th, "In recent years, disasters caused by rainstorms that are significantly different from the past have been constantly occurring. In order to reduce disaster risks, it is necessary to rediscuss what measures can be taken", indicating the idea of revising the method of issuing special alarms for heavy rain.
On July 9th local time, Kumano City, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan suffered heavy losses due to heavy rainstorms.
rural timber houses can be shock-proof but cannot resist flood impacts
This time, the heavy rainstorm in Japan was severe. The media analyzed the reasons. In addition to the typhoon attack, geological reasons, etc., the houses are commonly built with timber in Japan. The wooden houses cannot withstand the impact of water or mudslides, which may also be one of the reasons for heavy casualties.
Many houses in Japan are built with wood, especially in rural areas, where traditional wooden houses are very popular. The wooden foundation of this type of house is more elastic and is ideal for shockproof, but it cannot bear the huge pressure of floods or the soil and rock flow.
Statistical results released by the Fire Department of the General Affairs Department of Japan on the afternoon of the 10th showed that 51 houses were completely destroyed, 23 were half destroyed, 278 were partially damaged, 6,680 were flooded, and 11,662 buildings were soaked under the floor.
In addition, when the rain was at its worst, the Japanese authorities issued evacuation orders to about 5 million people, but these orders were only suggestions and no coercive force, and many people ignored these orders. In addition, it is also a problem for Japan to hand over some of the authority to local officials who have no experience in disaster management.
