Damage Reports From Chiba Rain Disaster Grow, Death Toll Stands at 10
About 2,000 tow requests came in over two days as crews used 70 trucks to clear submerged cars and ease blocked roads, JAF said.
- The death toll from record rainfall in Chiba Prefecture has risen to 10, with one person missing, as prefectural officials confirmed Sunday that approximately 1,300 homes were flooded.
- Chiba City authorities identified about 2,500 vehicles abandoned on local roads between Saturday and Sunday, as submerged cars from torrential rain severely hampered traffic and emergency response.
- The Japan Automobile Federation received nearly 2,000 tow requests from August 13 to August 15, while a multi-car pileup occurred on National Highway Route 16 when a driver struck an abandoned vehicle.
- Prefectural and municipal governments began moving vehicles under the Basic Law on Disaster Management to clear emergency routes, though progress remained sluggish as repair shops closed for the Bon holiday.
- Liberal Democratic Party Policy Research Council Chairman Takayuki Kobayashi visited flood-damaged areas in Sakura on August 15, pledging to urge the central government to send additional tow trucks nationwide.
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Heavy rain in Japan's Chiba Pref. leaves 10 dead, 2,500 cars abandoned on roads
Officials in Chiba Prefecture, east of Tokyo, say one more person has been confirmed dead after record-heavy rains. This brings the death toll to 10. The city of Chiba reports that about 2,500 vehicles were abandoned after being inundated, and that work is underway to move them.
The cumulative rains on the city of Chiba, which reached three times the monthly average for one month in August, resulted in a tenth victim. The disaster is part of a particularly hot summer, exacerbated by the El Niño phenomenon.
Chiba deals with removing abandoned cars after record rainfall
CHIBA, Japan – Over 1,000 vehicles that became submerged in flood waters and are unable to move are causing issues, following torrential rain that hit Japan’s Chiba prefecture late on Aug 13. Efforts to move these abandoned vehicles continued in various parts of the prefecture on Aug 15, but the progress has been sluggish as businesses accepting these vehicles […]...Keep on reading: Japan’s Chiba deals with removing abandoned cars after record r…
Damage reports from Chiba rain disaster grow, death toll stands at 10
Reports of flood damage continue to grow three days after torrential rain pounded Chiba Prefecture east of Tokyo, with the prefectural government saying Sunday that some 1,300 homes were flooded, 10 people were killed and one remained missing.
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