Chiba Prefectural Government “Don’t send prefectural staff because there was no request from the municipalities”

On the 12th, Chiba Prefecture revealed that after Typhoon No. 15 landed in the vicinity of Chiba City, staff were not dispatched to municipalities to confirm the damage situation. The prefectural government stipulates in the manual at the time of disaster that “the prefecture staff should be dispatched to municipalities where it is difficult to request support”. Normally, municipalities enter the damage status into the system and report it to the prefecture, but there are areas where it is not possible to input due to the victim's response, and the prefecture did not know the exact damage status. The prefecture ordered dispatch of staff at 5:30 pm on the 12th. Governor Kensaku Morita said at a regular press conference on the 12th, “I had to scrutinize the report from the municipality (considering the contents of support), but there were few places to reach. Said. Complaints are raised from the municipalities in response to these prefectures. The officials told the interview, “The government office was not able to call or communicate until 1 pm on the 12th” (Takomachi), “There was no time for system input due to the disaster victim response” (Katori City), “National officials stayed overnight but not from the prefecture,” Yachimata City said. * Some excerpts from the link below. Continue with the source https://mainichi.jp/articles/20190912/k00/00m/040/262000c document.write(” + ”); Related article document.write(” + ”);