[Sad news] Asahi Shimbun “Don’t praise Yatsuba Dam! Don’t overestimate!”

Admiration and criticism have swirled over the flood control effect of the Yatsuba Dam (Naganohara-gun, Gunma Prefecture), which was filled with test typhoon in Typhoon No. 19 that caused record heavy rain. We talked with the flood control experts Hiromu Imamoto and Professor Emeritus of Kyoto University (River Engineering). The flood control effect of Yatsuba Dam related to Typhoon No. 19 will need to be verified in the future with data. We must protect lives while coexisting with floods. I am neither a dam proponent nor an opposition, but I have to look at it without overestimating its effects. This time in test water storage, it happened that there was a surplus in the capacity of the dam. * Some excerpts from the link below. Continue with the source https://www.asahi.com/articles/ASMBJ6F0GMBJUHNB01Q.html document.write(” + ”); Related article document.write(” + ”);