Typhoon No. 14 landed with the fourth strongest force in history and damaged various places Kagoshima Prefecture[09/19 20:19]
Typhoon No. 14 landed on the mainland of the prefecture and caused damage in various places. Look back at the documentation.
Typhoon No. 14 temporarily developed into a violent force. The Japan Meteorological Agency issued an emergency call on the 17th.
(Japan Meteorological Agency) “There is a risk of unprecedented storms, storm surges, and record-breaking rainfall.”
Most municipalities in Kagoshima Prefecture issued information regarding evacuation, and some people spent the night in evacuation centers.
(Person who evacuated) “I don’t evacuate in a normal typhoon, but this time it’s strong so I came. You’re here and I feel safe.”
On the night of the 17th, a special typhoon warning was announced in the prefecture for the first time outside of Okinawa.
On the 18th, Typhoon No. 14 continued to move northward, enveloping the prefecture in a storm zone while remaining extremely strong. Damage such as broken trees occurred one following another in various places.
Due to the typhoon, commercial facilities and some convenience stores in the prefecture are closed. Traffic was canceled across the board, and people disappeared from the town that was supposed to be crowded for the three-day weekend.
A maximum instantaneous wind speed of 50.9 meters was observed on Yakushima, where a typhoon passed through the area in the followingnoon.
In Kagoshima City, which entered the storm zone, a broken crane was found at the construction site of a 19-story apartment building. Although there was no damage, residents who would be affected if they fell were evacuated.
At a pachinko parlor in Kanoya City, the outer glass wall of the store was broken for regarding 10 meters.
Then, the typhoon moved further north and landed near Kagoshima City around 7:00 pm. The central air pressure at the time of landing was 935 hectopascals, making it the fourth strongest landing in history.
On the night of the 18th, the rain caused by the rain clouds of the typhoon intensified, and the prefectural rain gauge recorded 86 mm of torrential rain in one hour in Kirishima City. In Tashiro, Kinie-cho, the amount of rain since the beginning of the fall on the 15th exceeded 450 mm.
In addition, water levels rose in various rivers, and the Anraku River in Shibushi City and the Amori River in Kirishima City temporarily exceeded the “flood danger water level”.
The entire prefecture passed through the storm zone at 9:00 am on the 19th, but the damage in various places became clear the day following the landing.
Typhoon No. 14 landed at the fourth strength in history and had a great impact on the prefecture during the three consecutive holidays. Each municipality plans to proceed with the investigation in the future, but the full extent of the damage has not yet been grasped.
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