Denny in the news: 25 July 2021

Typhoon 6: estimated damage to sugar cane and so on 46.5 million  yen, 6 people lightly injured across the prefecture, speed limited on Okinawa Expressway 

Given that the influence of Typhoon 6 is continuing everywhere in Okinawa Prefecture, the Prefecture opened its second damage countermeasures meeting at the Prefectural Office on the afternoon of 24 July.

Every department reported on the damage situation. According to the Prefectural Water and Forest Ministry, the total value of damage to tillage so far is 46.5 million yen, including sugar cane and vegetables on Okinawa Island itself and Daito Island. Because the survey is in mid-process, the value of damage is anticipated to increase greatly from now. In the value of 46.5 million yen in damage to tillage, sugar cane makes up nearly 45 million and vegetables 1.5 million.

According to the Prefectural Crisis Management Division, as of 11 A.M on 24 July, a total of 6 people over 60 suffered mild injuries from things like being toppled by the force of the wind, in the four districts and cities of Chatan, Naha, Miyako Jima, and, Urusoe.

As for the case of a  fallen security guard in Uruma who was hospitalized and confirmed dead before dawn on 21 July, the cause of death is under investigation and cannot be attributed directly to the typhoon. 

As of 11 A.M. 24 July, A total of 18 evacuation centers have been opened in the prefecture and 18 people from 10 households have been evacuated. Mudslides of sand have occurred in Arakawa in the city of Ishigaki.

According to Prefectural Police, as of 1 P.M. on 24 July, a speed limit of 50 km/h had been imposed on the Okinawa Expressway and the Naha Airport Expressway. According to the Prefecture, as of 1 P.M. 24 July, 5,920 households across the prefecture were without electricity. A total of 71 arriving and departing flights from Okinawa were cancelled, affecting the travel plans of 3,865 people.

Regarding the prolonged impact of Typhoon 6, authorities from the Okinawa Meteorological Observatory explained at the Disaster Prevention Countermeasures Headquarters meeting, “There’s a high pressure system in the air toward the north, and it seems to be acting like a cap on the typhoon’s advance. Because the wind driving the typhoon is weak, it’s movement is particularly slow.”

At the opening of the Disaster Prevention Countermeasures Headquarters meeting, Governor Denny Tamaki called out to prefectural citizens, “Be on guard against the continuing high winds and heavy rains!”


Original Japanese article: Ryukyu Shimpo, published 24 July 2021, 15:04

https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/177caa16c9d2124a50a659cc0cb6b7b60895b48a



Translator’s Notes


  1. Denny in the News: news about Okinawan Governor Denny Tamaki.

Denny Tamaki is the governor of Okinawa Prefecture in Japan. Although Okinawa is important as an international tourist destination and a key element in strategic US Military Forces, its governor receives very little coverage in the Japanese press and almost none in the English language media. 


  1. This blog hopes to  translate one news article a day on the governor.  It is unsponsored and unauthorized. The translator simply hopes to improve his skills and perhaps give the governor an English speaking audience. Any suggestion on improving the translation will be gratefully accepted. However, please leave political comments for another forum.


  1. Where they occur, words and phrases in Ryukyuan (the Okinawan language) are rendered in italics and translated in parentheses.

 

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