[Emergency Broadcast] Typhoons, Earthquakes & Survey of Deaf Peoples Needs in Disasters

On the 10th, three staff members from the Prefectural Center for the Hearing Impaired drove around the homes of hearing-impaired people living in the city, where a seismic intensity of 6-low was observed in the earthquake on the 8th. The staff members used sign language to ask about damage caused by the earthquake and their concerns. Mitsuhira Kazuo, director of the Prefectural Center for the Deaf, who conducted the survey, said, "We don't know when the next big earthquake will occur, so we went there to listen in detail. We would like to hear the honest feelings of disabled people in other areas of the prefecture as well." Episode Notes: ‘Miyazaki Prefecture City Conducts Survey on Nankai Trough Earthquake Information to Support Deaf People’: https://barrierfreejapan.com/2024/08/12/miyazaki-prefecture-city-conducts-survey-on-nankai-trough-earthquake-information-to-support-deaf-people/