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In this episode, in order to protect your life against natural disaster,
“Things that you want to know” will be introduced.
In the midst of muddy stream, a man held the telegraph pole waiting for rescue.
September 2015, in torrential rain Kinugawa River flooded,
the levee collapsed and a large-scale flood damage was suffered
Joso City of Ibaraki Prefecture.
Many people did not manage to escape on time, learning a lesson from this flood disaster,
the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, from 1 May onwards, targeting “Zero late escape”
has speeded up some endeavour.
Thus far, from the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism and the Japan Meteorological Agency,
information about flood has mostly been delivered to residents through channels such as disaster prevention radio of city, town, or village and TV broadcast.
This is, the same as Earthquake Early Warning and tsunami warning
using the early warning mail of mobile phone company
the mobile phones of the residents will automatically sound and they will be notified.
This early warning mail about flood information is
- “The river is likely to flood”
- “The water of river has crossed the levee”
- “The levee collapses, the water of river is largely overflowing”
Such three-level notification.
In fact this mail, taking the lesson of 2015 Kinugawa River flood,
started from September 2016 targeting Joso City of Ibaraki Prefecture and Ozu City of Ehime Prefecture.
This mail, from 1 May onwards, will be expanded to
rivers managed by the country such as Arakawa, Tama River, and Shinano River
the surrounding municipalities of the 63 river systems.
Furthermore, expanding the targets one by one, until 2020
it is scheduled to cover all the 109 river systems managed by the country.
To show the effect of the notification with group mail
there is such notification.
This is, during the flooding of Joso City,
the “group short mail” sent by
Tsukubamirai area’s Chairman of the Neighbourhood Association.
Writing notification such as “the levee collapses”
while most residents have registered this neighbourhod association mail
it is said that because of this the residents managed to take evacuation faster than other areas.
In addition, in the occasion of torrential rain which occurs once in several decades
the “torrential rain special warning” also changes.
In September 2015 when Kinugawa River flooded,
In Tochigi Prefecture, like this, all cities, towns, and village were marked as purple
which was “torrential rain special warning”.
However in fact where the torrential rain fell was, the very central area of the prefecture.
In the places where there was little rain and the “special warning” was announced
there were also residents having a strange feeling towards this.
Because of this from early July 2017 onwards, for the places actually with little rain
it is possible to confine the announcement to the red “heavy rain warning”.
By narrowing down the area
it can deliver the message that the danger is approaching.
Furthermore, in dangerous situation
provision of information which you could understand at a glace also starts.
“Typhoon Lionrock” in August 2016 which caused flooding of Omotogawa of Iwate Prefecture.
At the elderly care home along the river, nine people were killed.
The Japan Meteorological Agency, including Omotogawa,
predicts the danger level of almost all the rivers in the country,
and makes public such information at its homepage from early July onwards.
This is the map of this area.
The coloured lines surrounding the facility indicate rivers.
As time passes the colours change.
Purple indicates “extremely dangerous” and
to indicate the highest level of danger “gravely dangerous”
the purple colour gets darker.
Changing moment to moment, while making the increase of “danger of flood”
to be understood at a glance
this serves to let residents take evacuation quickly.
Murao Caster commented that
“While the first step is to know the danger,
we need to think about the next step which is ‘what actions should be taken’.
- In the occasion that it is likely for the rivers to flood, the very first principle is 'do not get close to the river’.
- In the occasion of moving to evacuation shelter there is also possibility that the cars will be swept away, so unless there is special circumstance 'avoid evacuation in car’.
- Furthermore if you feel danger during evacuation, 'escape to higher floor of the building’.
- It is also important not to act alone and 'act with other people’
With rainy season and typhoons from now on
it will be real heavy rain season,
as early as possible let us check the means to obtain the weather・disaster information around your homes, schools, and workplaces.
Source: News Zeroイチメン (http://www.ntv.co.jp/zero/ichimen/2017/05/post-341.html)
“Things that you want to know” will be introduced.
In the midst of muddy stream, a man held the telegraph pole waiting for rescue.
September 2015, in torrential rain Kinugawa River flooded,
the levee collapsed and a large-scale flood damage was suffered
Joso City of Ibaraki Prefecture.
Many people did not manage to escape on time, learning a lesson from this flood disaster,
the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, from 1 May onwards, targeting “Zero late escape”
has speeded up some endeavour.
Thus far, from the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism and the Japan Meteorological Agency,
information about flood has mostly been delivered to residents through channels such as disaster prevention radio of city, town, or village and TV broadcast.
This is, the same as Earthquake Early Warning and tsunami warning
using the early warning mail of mobile phone company
the mobile phones of the residents will automatically sound and they will be notified.
This early warning mail about flood information is
- “The river is likely to flood”
- “The water of river has crossed the levee”
- “The levee collapses, the water of river is largely overflowing”
Such three-level notification.
In fact this mail, taking the lesson of 2015 Kinugawa River flood,
started from September 2016 targeting Joso City of Ibaraki Prefecture and Ozu City of Ehime Prefecture.
This mail, from 1 May onwards, will be expanded to
rivers managed by the country such as Arakawa, Tama River, and Shinano River
the surrounding municipalities of the 63 river systems.
Furthermore, expanding the targets one by one, until 2020
it is scheduled to cover all the 109 river systems managed by the country.
To show the effect of the notification with group mail
there is such notification.
This is, during the flooding of Joso City,
the “group short mail” sent by
Tsukubamirai area’s Chairman of the Neighbourhood Association.
Writing notification such as “the levee collapses”
while most residents have registered this neighbourhod association mail
it is said that because of this the residents managed to take evacuation faster than other areas.
In addition, in the occasion of torrential rain which occurs once in several decades
the “torrential rain special warning” also changes.
In September 2015 when Kinugawa River flooded,
In Tochigi Prefecture, like this, all cities, towns, and village were marked as purple
which was “torrential rain special warning”.
However in fact where the torrential rain fell was, the very central area of the prefecture.
In the places where there was little rain and the “special warning” was announced
there were also residents having a strange feeling towards this.
Because of this from early July 2017 onwards, for the places actually with little rain
it is possible to confine the announcement to the red “heavy rain warning”.
By narrowing down the area
it can deliver the message that the danger is approaching.
Furthermore, in dangerous situation
provision of information which you could understand at a glace also starts.
“Typhoon Lionrock” in August 2016 which caused flooding of Omotogawa of Iwate Prefecture.
At the elderly care home along the river, nine people were killed.
The Japan Meteorological Agency, including Omotogawa,
predicts the danger level of almost all the rivers in the country,
and makes public such information at its homepage from early July onwards.
This is the map of this area.
The coloured lines surrounding the facility indicate rivers.
As time passes the colours change.
Purple indicates “extremely dangerous” and
to indicate the highest level of danger “gravely dangerous”
the purple colour gets darker.
Changing moment to moment, while making the increase of “danger of flood”
to be understood at a glance
this serves to let residents take evacuation quickly.
Murao Caster commented that
“While the first step is to know the danger,
we need to think about the next step which is ‘what actions should be taken’.
- In the occasion that it is likely for the rivers to flood, the very first principle is 'do not get close to the river’.
- In the occasion of moving to evacuation shelter there is also possibility that the cars will be swept away, so unless there is special circumstance 'avoid evacuation in car’.
- Furthermore if you feel danger during evacuation, 'escape to higher floor of the building’.
- It is also important not to act alone and 'act with other people’
With rainy season and typhoons from now on
it will be real heavy rain season,
as early as possible let us check the means to obtain the weather・disaster information around your homes, schools, and workplaces.
Source: News Zeroイチメン (http://www.ntv.co.jp/zero/ichimen/2017/05/post-341.html)