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35-811: Shin-Karikachi Tunnel ( 新狩勝トンネル , Shin-Karikachi tonneru ) is a tunnel on JR Hokkaido's Nemuro Main Line that runs between Ochiai Station and Shintoku Station in Tokachi District , Hokkaido with total length of 5.790 km. It was built and completed in 1966. This article about a Japanese building- or structure-related topic is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Nemuro Main Line Local trains operate between Takikawa and Furano 9 times per day, and between Furano and Higashi-Shikagoe 4 times per day. Due to typhoon damage sustained in August 2016,

70-503: A 1 km branch to the Yuya mine in 1954. Both closed with the mine in 1964. A 762 mm (2'6") gauge logging tramway was operated from Kamiashibetsu commencing 1934. By 1954 it had a 31 km 'main line' and 5 branches totalling 44 km. The lines closed in 1961 when log trucks replaced the tramway. The 78 km Shihoro Line to Tokachi Mitsuma opened in sections between 1925 and 1939. An 18 km deviation built in association with

105-421: A 200-day mass worker program intended to improve the economy, and instead send soldiers to help with flood relief. About 1,000 volunteers from the country's Red Cross chapter helped local workers in search and rescue missions. The agency had relief supplies for about 20,000 people, including tarpaulins , tents, kitchen sets, and water purification tablets. Red Cross workers coordinated with members of

140-618: A 66 mph (106 km/h) wind gust was measured in Onagawa . Lionrock killed a total of 22 people across Japan, including 19 people in the town of Iwaizumi in Iwate Prefecture. Nine people drowned in a nursing home in Iwaizumi after a river burst its banks. In addition, there were at least three fatalities on the northern Japanese island Hokkaidō . Damage due to flooding were standing at JP¥ 282 billion ( US$ 2.74 billion). On 31 August,

175-647: A Japan-African development conference in Nairobi , Kenya early due to the threat of flight cancellations caused by the typhoon. Prior to Lionrock making landfall, a total of 100 flights were cancelled at airports in Tohoku and Hokkaido . Efforts were made to protect the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant from further damage, as it had been severely incapacitated following the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami . The amount of water being pumped at

210-549: A day each. Six daily local services operate between Kushiro and Attoko , and four or five operate to the eastern terminus at Nemuro. As of late 2022, this segment of the line saw frequent delays and cancellations due to deer incursions causing trains to make emergency stops. Nemuro can be reached in a continuous 1,559.2 km train journey from Tokyo Station , which takes a total of just over 15 hours on four trains, departing Tokyo at 6:32 am and arriving in Nemuro at 9:39 pm. The line

245-509: A day, while the Tokachi runs five times a day between Sapporo and Obihiro . There are 11 daily local services between Shintoku and Ikeda , 8 daily local services between Ikeda and Urahoro , and 6 daily local services between Urahoro and Kushiro. The segment between Kushiro and Nemuro has the official nickname Hanasaki Line ( 花咲線 , Hanasaki-sen ) . There are two rapid trains Nosappu ( ノサップ ) and Hanasaki ( はなさき ) which run once

280-460: A decline in ridership. By 2015, only 152 people per day were using this segment of the line, most of whom were commuting senior high school students. On 31 August 2016, torrential rainfall damaged the 17.4 km section between Higashi-Shikagoe and Kami-Ochiai Junction resulting in the passenger service from Higashi-Shikagoe to Shintoku being replaced by a bus. Thereafter, on 19 November 2016, JR Hokkaido's president announced plans to rationalise

315-564: A developing upper-level low. Over the next day the system moved northwards, while a TUTT Cell created subsidence and high vertical windshear over the system, before it was classified as a tropical depression by the Japan Meteorological Agency during August 16. The depression was subsequently classified as subtropical by the United States Joint Typhoon Warning Center during August 17, as its structure

350-525: The Philippines as Typhoon Dindo , was a large, powerful, long-lived and erratic tropical cyclone which caused significant flooding and casualties in North Korea and Japan in late August 2016. It was the tenth named storm and was the third typhoon of the 2016 Pacific typhoon season . Damages recorded after the season were recorded about US$ 3.93 billion. The system that was to become Typhoon Lionrock

385-622: The Nemuro Line, become classified as the Furano Line in 1913. In 1911, 1st class sleeping accommodation was included on the Hakodate to Kushiro train, and a dining car was added from 1916. The first section of the line east of Kushiro opened in 1917, reaching Nemuro in 1921. In 1966, two major deviations opened, the first, east of Kanayama, associated with the construction of the Kanayama Dam, and

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420-622: The Nukabira Dam opened in 1955. The line closed in 1987. The 84 km Hiroo Line opened between 1929 & 1932 and was closed in 1987. A proposal to extend the line to Samani and connect to the Hidaka Main Line did not eventuate. A 4 km private 1067mm (3'6") line connected a sugar beet factory to Obihiro. The sugar beets were transported to the factory by a 3 line 762mm gauge network totalling 59 km, which operated 1924–77. Typhoon Lionrock Typhoon Lionrock , known in

455-595: The area. The southern part of the Sakhalin was also affected. Several cars were struck by fallen trees and electricity was shut down in some houses. Heavy rain flooded Makarovsky and caused a landslide which blocked a highway and a railway. Two trains on the Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk-Nogliki line were cancelled and one of them, No. 604, was stopped in Poronaysk. In Vakhrushev, one of the cargo trains derailed. Hours later,

490-562: The country. After the floods, the North Korean government sent workers to clear roads and restore communications in the hardest hit areas. The government sent a truck from the capital Pyongyang with medical kits and vitamin supplements on September 5, and announced a plan to rebuild 20,000 houses by early October 2016. The Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea requested that party members redirected their efforts from

525-405: The facility was increased in order to minimize the risk of floods, and crane operations were suspended due to the threat of strong winds. In eastern Russia, a storm warning was announced on 28 August by EMERCOM . All emergency services and troops were on high alert. Local authorities were informed on emergency procedures. North Korea's Early Warning and Evacuation system was activated ahead of

560-519: The floods' impacts. Entire villages were washed away, carrying away families' entire possessions. Three people trapped in floodwaters were rescued by two Chinese rescue boats. Over 35,500 houses were damaged, of which around 25,000 were destroyed, forcing 107,000 people from their homes; many of these people sheltered on higher grounds or in public buildings. Floods from Lionrock damaged another 8,700 non-residential buildings, including schools and public buildings. In Ryanggang Province ,

595-565: The harvest, of which 10,145 ha (25,070 acres) were wrecked. The floods from Lionrock caused "a disaster beyond anything experienced by local officials", according to a local UNICEF representative, and were described as "a very major and complex disaster" by Chris Staines, head of the Red Cross Society of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. The affected area had poor infrastructure and deforestation on hills, exacerbating

630-577: The heavy rains caused a five-story building to collapse, killing 34 people. In Hoeryong city, over 104,000 people lost access to clean water during the floods, and nationwide about 600,000 people were affected by water cuts. Musan and Yonsa counties were unreachable and had little communications, resulting in the slow spread of information on the disaster. The floods also washed away six bridges and 31 km (19 mi) of roads, with 43 km (27 mi) of road bed damaged. The floods related to Lionrock killed at least 525 people in

665-859: The incident was fixed and its operations returned to normal. However, one fatality was reported during the incident. In addition, two EMERCOM officers (the chief of the Primorsky Krai department and his driver) died when their KAMAZ truck fell into the Pavlovka River. Lionrock was the worst typhoon to hit the Primorsky Krai region in 40 years, with total damage exceeds ₽ 7 billion (US$ 107 million). A total of 464,900 ha (1,149,000 acres) of agricultural land were impacted in China, including 53,500 hectares (132,000 acres) of crops which were destroyed due to floods. Damages in China are estimated to be CN¥ 7.21 billion (US$ 1.08 billion); most of which

700-402: The international delegation between September 3–6, resulting in increased resources for health services. The local Red Cross launched an appeal for emergency aid in response to the disaster through the state media Korean Central News Agency. The government, which rarely releases information on disasters in the country, requested for aid from the international community, just days after

735-453: The line is closed between Higashi-Shikagoe and Shintoku , and passengers must transfer to a bus. The segment east of Shintoku forms part of the trunk route between Sapporo (via the Sekisho Line ) and eastern Hokkaido, and has more frequent service, although with decreasing frequencies as the line goes east. The limited express train Ōzora runs between Sapporo and Kushiro six times

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770-477: The line saw only about 200 passengers per day. On 4 March 2017, 3 more stations were closed - Shimanoshita Station (T29), Kami-Atsunai Station (K41) and Inashibetsu Station (K33). On 17 March the following year, Haobi Station (K25) was closed. On 16 March 2019, Chokubetsu Station (K43), Shakubetsu Station (K44) and Hattaushi Station were closed, two of these becoming signal points: Chokubetsu and Shakubetsu. On 14 March 2020, Furuse Station (K46)

805-465: The network by up to 1,237 km, or ~50% of the current network, including closure of the Nemuro Line between Furano and Kami-Ochiai Junction. In January 2022, the four local governments between Furano and Shintoku gave up on maintaining this segment of the line, and in December the president of JR Hokkaido announced a goal to convert this portion to bus service in 2023 or thereafter. A notice of abolition

840-689: The northeastern region of the country. Right before weakening into a severe tropical storm at 18:00 JST (09:00 UTC) on August 30, Lionrock made landfall near Ōfunato , a city in Iwate Prefecture , Japan with winds of 75 mph (121 km/h). This makes Lionrock the first tropical cyclone to make landfall over the Pacific coast of the Tōhoku region of Japan since the Japan Meteorological Agency began record-keeping in 1951. Lionrock's track

875-470: The second between Ochiai and Shintoku, including the 5,790 m Shinkarikachi tunnel allowing the line to bypass the 1907 Karikachi tunnel and associated 1 in 40 (2.5%) grades. In 1971, a refrigerated container train was introduced between Kushiro and Tokyo. In 1990, a new tunnel and associated alignment opened near Atsunai, and a deviation near Shimanoshita associated with the construction of the Takisato Dam

910-639: The storm hit Primorsky Krai . Heavy rainfall caused floods in several areas with 300 houses flooded in rural areas. Local rivers overflowed, several bridges were destroyed or damaged and several highways were affected by floods. A dam failure along the Pavlovka river caused floods in the Shumny and Antonovka villages. More than 1,000 inhabitants were evacuated and several evacuation camps were established in all affected areas, mostly in schools. The storm also caused power disruptions. 12,000 rescue workers were also deployed in

945-651: The storm, causing 44,000 people in flood-prone areas to be evacuated in North Hamgyong Province . Upon making landfall on August 30, Lionrock brought very heavy rainfall, including 13.46 inches (342 mm) at Mount Nukabira , in Hokkaidō Prefecture, and 8.78 inches (223 mm) in Orito in Iwate Prefecture . In addition, a maximum wind gust of 69 mph (111 km/h) was recorded in Ishinomaki , and

980-464: Was asymmetric, with deep convection displaced to the north and east of the system's low level circulation centre. Lionrock entered the Philippine Area of Responsibility on August 25, 2016, and PAGASA assigned Dindo as the local name for Lionrock. On August 29, Lionrock turned towards the northwest due to a high pressure system located east of Japan, putting it on an unprecedented path towards

1015-475: Was built as a link line between central and eastern Hokkaido, by Hokkaido Government Railway ( 北海道官設鉄道 , Hokkaidō Kansetsu Tetsudō ) . The first section of the current Nemuro Line was opened between Kushiro - Shiranuka in 1901. The line was extended westward, reaching Furano in 1907. In 1913 the Furano - Takikawa section opened, shortening the route by 53.5 km. The first section, originally included as part of

1050-520: Was closed, reducing the number of stations on the Nemuro Main Line to 60. In June 2023, it was revealed that effective 1 April 2024, the section of the line between Furano and Shintoku will be closed, splitting the line in two. In addition, five stations ( Higashi-Takikawa (T22), Atsunai (K42), Oboro , Bettoga , Kombumori ) will be closed owing to low ridership. The Mitsubishi Mining Co. opened an 8 km line to Penke Sanko in 1949, and

1085-449: Was first noted as a subtropical disturbance on August 15, while it was located about 585 km (365 mi) to the west of Wake Island . At this time the disturbance had a broad and poorly organized low level circulation centre, which had some shallow bands of atmospheric convection wrapping loosely around it. It was located within a marginal environment for further development and was predicted to develop further, in association with

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1120-687: Was inflicted on the agricultural sector. Lionrock interacted with a low pressure area over China to drop heavy rainfall in North Korea , mostly in North Hamgyong Province, considered by the state media Korean Central News Agency to be the "heaviest downpour since 1945". Over a two-day period, Kyonghung County recorded 320 mm (13 in) of rainfall. This caused flooding along the Tumen River and its tributaries, inundating about 16,000 ha (40,000 acres) of farmlands just weeks ahead of

1155-533: Was opened in 1991. In 1981, the Sekishō Line opened between Shin-Yubari and Shintoku, becoming the main route between central and southeastern Hokkaido and shortening the distance for stations east of Shintoku to Sapporo. This led to a rapid decline in ridership on the Furano-Shintoku segment of the Nemuro Main Line, from 4,664 a day in 1980 to 654 a day in 1985. Population decline in the area also contributed to

1190-454: Was submitted on March 31, 2023. The section between Kushiro and Nemuro was also proposed for conversion to Third Sector operation, but if local governments were not agreeable, such sections would also face closure. In April 2021, Nemuro City raised over 50 million yen through crowdfunding to keep the eastern Hanasaki Line portion open, after JR Hokkaido stated that the line was difficult to maintain on its own. As of mid-2021, this portion of

1225-478: Was unusual due to the fact that the storm approached Japan from the southeast and made landfall along the east coast of the country. Most typhoons that hit Japan approach from the south or the southwest before moving northward across the archipelago. In fact, the only other storm to take a similar track was Typhoon Mac in 1989 , which also approached from the southeast and struck Japan's Kantō region along its east coast. Japan's Prime Minister Shinzō Abe left

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