On Saturday, 31 October, a lecture on “Learning from Disasters” will be held at Matsume Community Center, with Takato Ishikake (石掛貴人), a weather presenter on NHK’s “Ima SAGA” program, invited as the speaker. The lecture is scheduled to provide an easy-to-understand explanation of the background to extreme weather and areas for review in disaster-prevention information.
A lecture titled “Learning from Disasters” will be held at Matsume Community Center, with Takato Ishikake (石掛貴人), an NHK weather presenter, invited as the speaker. The event will take place on Saturday, 31 October, at Matsume Community Center.
The lecture will address the recent intensification and increasing frequency of extreme weather, explain why the media covers such events as serious incidents affecting public safety and security, and provide an easy-to-understand explanation of areas for review in weather forecasts and disaster-prevention weather information.
The event is intended as an opportunity for participants to consider together how to prepare for disasters such as the increasingly frequent heavy rains and typhoons of recent years through familiar topics related to weather and meteorology, and is expected to raise awareness of disaster preparedness in the community.