railsquid Posted September 4, 2018 Share Posted September 4, 2018 (edited) Runways flooded, rail/road bridge hit by tanker (bridge section actually knocked off its supports and onto the JR/Nankai line). Edited September 4, 2018 by railsquid 2 Link to comment
JR 500系 Posted September 4, 2018 Share Posted September 4, 2018 Oh my... Terrible news... I hope no one is injured... Link to comment
railsquid Posted September 4, 2018 Author Share Posted September 4, 2018 Seems the crew is fine. Big one, this, it's extremely windy in Tokyo too, well away from the actual typhoon. Link to comment
Yavianice Posted September 4, 2018 Share Posted September 4, 2018 (edited) At least someones model train order arrives on time. And it's Japan so they wait for the light to turn green. Edited September 4, 2018 by Yavianice noticed he waits for the traffic light, lol Link to comment
Yavianice Posted September 4, 2018 Share Posted September 4, 2018 Seems like they turned Kansai Airport into a new waterpark. And the bridge is more damaged than I thought. 1 Link to comment
railsquid Posted September 4, 2018 Author Share Posted September 4, 2018 3000 passengers still trapped there, according to the news. Link to comment
Densha Posted September 4, 2018 Share Posted September 4, 2018 It looks like one road deck is fine at least. Hopefully they can evacuate via that route and then temporarily use this deck until the other road deck and train bridge are repaired. Link to comment
JR 500系 Posted September 4, 2018 Share Posted September 4, 2018 It looks like the rail service is out too, judging from the fallen cantory pole... But that should be easily repaired by the resilient and brave Japanese... That would at least help to bring the 3000 over stranded passengers out of the airport perhaps? Link to comment
Densha Posted September 4, 2018 Share Posted September 4, 2018 If you look closely, you can see that the road deck that got hit fell onto the train deck. It destroyed part of the catenary, but also blocks trains in one direction. Not to forget that the shock may have led to invisible damaging of the remaining bridge structure. Link to comment
railsquid Posted September 4, 2018 Author Share Posted September 4, 2018 They just said on the news the bridge operator will be checking the intact road span tomorrow (when it's light and the rain has let up) and if there are no problems, the stranded people will be evacuated by bus. Link to comment
Kiha66 Posted September 4, 2018 Share Posted September 4, 2018 Sadly it's more than just the airport that's gotten knocked out. Stay safe everyone! 1 Link to comment
chadbag Posted September 4, 2018 Share Posted September 4, 2018 Also saw this and this (which is in Amagasaki, where my MIL lives -- wife says her power is out -- not sure how she/MIL is using LINE on her iPad) Link to comment
railsquid Posted September 4, 2018 Author Share Posted September 4, 2018 8 hours ago, railsquid said: They just said on the news the bridge operator will be checking the intact road span tomorrow (when it's light and the rain has let up) and if there are no problems, the stranded people will be evacuated by bus. Being evacuated by boat. Link to comment
railsquid Posted September 4, 2018 Author Share Posted September 4, 2018 And on the news they are saying it will take up to 6 months to repair the bridge. Link to comment
Kiha66 Posted September 5, 2018 Share Posted September 5, 2018 Huge scaffolding collapse caught on camera. 1 Link to comment
chadbag Posted September 5, 2018 Share Posted September 5, 2018 I've seen half a dozen scaffolding collapses, if not more. Pretty spectacular looking. Hopefully no one was injured. My wife had lots and lots of photos and videos in her Twitter feed. We were talking about the various instances she was showing me. This has been a pretty bad storm -- worst in 25 years in Japan -- and approximately a category 3 storm on the scale used for Hurricanes. My question is, as Japan sees these storms every 25 years or so (say 20-50 years?), you wonder why things are not in code to withstand 100mpg winds? Link to comment
sandiway Posted September 5, 2018 Share Posted September 5, 2018 (edited) I consider the Kansai area got off lightly. As long as there are no more nuclear plant disasters, this stuff can be cleaned up quickly. My visit to Aizu Wakamatsu and seeing Geiger counters still on display on campus was disconcerting. Edited September 5, 2018 by sandiway Link to comment
Kiha66 Posted September 5, 2018 Share Posted September 5, 2018 Not sure where this was, but looks like JR can start a ferry service soon. Link to comment
railsquid Posted September 6, 2018 Author Share Posted September 6, 2018 On the news they just said part of the airport will be reopened for domestic flights tomorrow. Link to comment
Yavianice Posted September 6, 2018 Share Posted September 6, 2018 1 hour ago, railsquid said: On the news they just said part of the airport will be reopened for domestic flights tomorrow. I think it is because Runway B (which is not flooded due to it being 5 meter higher than Runway A) is suitable for operation, while clearing debris and water from Runway A is still underway. Link to comment
railsquid Posted September 6, 2018 Author Share Posted September 6, 2018 Yup. English news link: https://japantoday.com/category/national/Domestic-flights-at-Kansai-airport-to-resume-Friday-after-typhoon-damage Link to comment
kvp Posted September 6, 2018 Share Posted September 6, 2018 Also means that the other side of the road bridge should be intact so the airport is servicable. Link to comment
katoftw Posted September 6, 2018 Share Posted September 6, 2018 Yeah they bused people out using that bridge. 1 Link to comment
railsquid Posted September 15, 2018 Author Share Posted September 15, 2018 (edited) Railway line over the bridge due to be reopened on Tuesday September 18th. A whacking great floating crane has been brought up to remove the damaged road sections. Report in Japanese here: https://mainichi.jp/articles/20180915/k00/00e/040/307000c Video here: https://www.mbs.jp/news/kansainews/20180915/GE000000000000024400.shtml (Note as with many Japanese news sources, the links may become invalid after a few days) Edited September 15, 2018 by railsquid 1 Link to comment
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