July 2018 Heavy Rain Damage Report in Kure City (46th Edition)
As of August 15, 2018, 2:00PM, Japan Time
Reported by Disaster Management Headquarters of Kure City
Casualty
Total Death: 24
Missing: 1
Injured: 22
Tenno Area Death: 11 Missing: 1
Yoshiura Area Death: 3
Yasuura Area Death: 4
Chuo Area Death: 2
Aga Area Death: 1
Ondo Area Death: 2
Kamagari Area Death: 1
Houses damaged by mudslides and floods: 2,829 including total loss of 264
Roads and public facilities damaged by mudslides and floods: 1,061 locations
Chronological Report
The rain started on Tuesday, July 3 and continued until Sunday, July 8.
July 5 (Thursday) at 8:08, Heavy Rain Advisory was issued; at 16:33, Flood Advisory was issued.
July 6 (Friday) at 5:40, Heavy Rain Warning was issued; at 7:45, under threat of mudslides, Preparing Evacuation Order & Mandatory Evacuation Order for Seniors were issued in all city areas; at 10:06, Flood Warning was issued:
at 18:10, Mudslide Warning was issued; at 18:20, under threat of mudslides, Evacuation Advisory was issued in Showa, Yasuura, and Gobara areas; at 19:10, under threat of mudslides, Evacuation Advisory was issued in all city areas; at 19:30, under threat of flood, Evacuation Advisory was issue in the area along Niko River; at 19:40, Special Heavy Rain Warning was issued;
at 20:00, under threat of flood, Evacuation Advisory was issued in the area along Kurose River; at 21:05, under threat of mudslides, Mandatory Evacuation Order was issued in all city areas; at 21:15, under threat of flood, Mandatory Evacuation Order was issued in the area along Niko River;
at 21:30, under threat of flood, Mandatory Evacuation Order was issued in the area along Noro River; at 21:40, under threat of flood, Mandatory Evacuation Order was issued in the area along Kurose River.
July 7 (Saturday) at 10:50, Special Heavy Rain Warning was expired and Flood Alert was issued; at 15:35, Flood Warning was expired and Flood Advisory was issued.
July 8 (Sunday) at 9:23, Flood Advisory was expired; at 10:30, Flood Advisory was issued; at 14:45, Flood Advisory was expired.
July 9 (Monday) at 4:00, Mudslide Warning was expired; at Heavy Rain Warning was expired and Heavy Rain Advisory was issued; at 8:30, Mandatory Evacuation Order was expired except Yasuura Chuo Kita 1 Chome, Yasuura Chuo 1 Chome and 2 Chome; at 10:06, Heavy Rain Advisory was expired.
July 12 (Thursday) at 14:02, Heavy Rain Advisory was issued; at 19:15, Heavy Rain Advisory was expired.
July 13 (Friday) at 13:25, under threat of mudslide, Mandatory Evacuation Order was issued in Tenno area; at 16:10, Mandatory Evacuation Order in Tenno was partially expired except Nishijo 1 Chome, 2 Chome, 3 Chome, 4 Chome, Ohama 1 Chome, 2 Chome, Minami Machi, and Miya Machi;
at 19:55, Mandatory Evacuation Order in all Tenno area was expired and Evacuation Advisory was issue in Tenno area including Nishijo 1 Chome, 2 Chome, 3 Chome, 4 Chome, Ohama 1 Chome, 2 Chome, Minami Machi, and Miya Machi.
July 14 (Satuday) at 11:30, Evacuation Advisory in the particular areas of Tenno was expired and Preparing Evacuation Order was issued under threat of mudslide in Tenno Nishijo 1 Chome, 2, Chome, 3 Chome, 4 Chome;
at 14:50, Preparing Evacuation Order was partially expired; at 19:35, All Mandatory Evacuation Orders were expired when Mandatory Evacuation Order in Yasuura area was expired. But Preparing Evacuation Order was still in effective.
July 28 (Saturday) at 15:20, under threat of mudslide, Mandatory Evacuation Order was issued in Tenno area including Fukuura Cho, Denjubara Cho, Nishijo 1 Chome, 2 Chome, 3Chome, 4 Chome, Higashi Kubo 1 Chome, 2 Chome, Yoshuura area including Nagatani Cho, Kamijo Machi, Ikawagami Cho, Matsuba Cho, Nakamachi 3 Chome, Honmachi 3 Chome, Shinde Cho, Higashi Motomachi 2 Chome, Yasuura area including Onagobata, Akakousaka, Nakahata, Shimogauchi, Mizushiri 1 Chome, Ondo area including Sakioku 3 Chome;
at 15:20 under threat of mudslide, Preparing Evacuation Order was issued in all city areas; at 15:31, Wind and Gale Advisory was issued; at 21:21, Heavy Rain Advisory was issued.
July 29 (Sunday) at 1:04, Extreme Gale Warning was issued; at 4:10, under threat of mudslide and flood, Heavy Rain Warning was issued; at 9:00 as the typhoon approaching, Evacuation Advisory was issue in all city area;
at 10:10, Extreme Gale Warning was expired and Strong Gale Advisory was issued; at 13:39, Heavy Rain Warning was expired and Heavy Rain Advisory was issued;
at 14:40 Evacuation Advisory regarding typhoon approaching was partially expired except Tenno area including Nishijio 1 Chome, 2 Chome, 3 Chome, 4 Chome, Higashi Kubo 1 Chome, 2 Chome, Yoshiuta area including Shinde Cho, Higashi Motomachi 2 Chome, Nagatani Machi, Aga area including Aga Minami 9 Chome, Ondo area including Okusaki 3 Chome, Yasuura area including Nakahata, Shimogauchi, Onagobata, Akakousaka, Mizushiri 1 Chome;
at 17:10, Evacuation Advisory regarding typhoon approaching was partially expired except Ichihara neighborhood of Yasuura Cho Nakahata; at 17:10, under threat of mudslide, Preparing Evacuation Order was issued in mountain side of Hiroshima-Kure Highway in Tenno Nishijo 1 Chome, 2 Chome and all areas of Tenno Nishijo 3 Chome, 4 Chome; at 18:21, Heavy Rain Advisory was expired; at 22:04 Strong Gale Advisory was expired.
July 30 (Monday) at 8:30, Evacuation Advisory in Ichihara neighborhood of Ysuura Cho Nakahata was expired, and Preparing Evacuation Order was issued in Ichihara neighborhood.
Shelter
As of August 15 at 10:00, 115 people of 74 families were staying at 7 locations including Yasuura Machizukuri Center.
In worst situation as of July 9, 1,418 people of 409 families were staying at 134 locations.