Another question pointed out is whether people
should use motor vehicles for evacuation. According
to the Central Disaster Prevention Council (2012), up
to 56% of evacuees reportedly used cars for evacuation.
This information indicates that while the importance
of walking or running to shelters has long been
held as a principle of tsunami evacuation, such rules
are not adhered to during emergency conditions.
Those who used motor vehicles for evacuation encountered
various problems, such as traffic jams,
damaged roads, and dysfunctional traffic signals. Indeed,
many victims were found drowned in their cars.
A second impact is that the central and local governments
have been forced to reappraise damage estimates.
The Tohoku disaster was described as “an unprecedented
event beyond human conception”
because it exceeded all hazard estimates and hugely
impacted society. Much of the disaster mitigation infrastructure
such as tsunami prevention levees did not
function properly and failed to prevent the tsunami
from reaching residential areas. Some designated
shelters were destroyed as well. According to the JijiPress (2012), 16% of the 2,023 shelters in 32 metropolitan
regions along the Tohoku coast were inundated
Another question pointed out is whether people
should use motor vehicles for evacuation. According
to the Central Disaster Prevention Council (2012), up
to 56% of evacuees reportedly used cars for evacuation.
This information indicates that while the importance
of walking or running to shelters has long been
held as a principle of tsunami evacuation, such rules
are not adhered to during emergency conditions.
Those who used motor vehicles for evacuation encountered
various problems, such as traffic jams,
damaged roads, and dysfunctional traffic signals. Indeed,
many victims were found drowned in their cars.
A second impact is that the central and local governments
have been forced to reappraise damage estimates.
The Tohoku disaster was described as “an unprecedented
event beyond human conception”
because it exceeded all hazard estimates and hugely
impacted society. Much of the disaster mitigation infrastructure
such as tsunami prevention levees did not
function properly and failed to prevent the tsunami
from reaching residential areas. Some designated
shelters were destroyed as well. According to the JijiPress (2012), 16% of the 2,023 shelters in 32 metropolitan
regions along the Tohoku coast were inundated
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