1986〜1987年冬期の降積雪に伴う被害

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Data of snow damage in a winter of 1986/87 were collected from articles of newspapers to make actual snow damage conditions clear. Those reached 396 articles in which holded about two thousand cases of snow damage occurred in 32 prefectures including Tokyo and Hokkaido. Casualties were reported in 1, 493 cases; 104 persons were killed and 737 persons were wounded. In detail, 43 drivers were killed in traffic accidents due to slipping of cars and 10 mountaineers were frozen to death, and 462 persons were wounded in traffic accidents due to slipping of cars, 216 pedestrians were wounded in tumbling down on slipery, freezed or snowy roads. The number of snow damage to buildings and facilities was small in number. However, the damage to electric power lines and facilities and to railways had a great influence on daily life for many people in wide areas. The snow damage period was mainly from the first of January to the first of March. This period corresponds to the heavy snowfall season; in this period. Japanese archipelago was covered with cold air, and the air temperature at the 700 mb surface above Wajima in Ishikawa prefecture was lowered to about -20℃. Particularly during snowfalls, snow damage occurred frequently.
独立行政法人防災科学技術研究所の論文
1988-10-28