避難「指示」に一本化　改正災対法案を決定―政府

　政府は５日の閣議で、災害時に市町村長が発表する避難情報のうち「勧告」を廃止して「指示」に一本化することを盛り込んだ災害対策基本法などの改正案を決定した。避難指示、勧告の見直しは１９６１年の同法制定以来初めて。今年の大雨シーズンからの運用開始を目指す。
　現行法は、市町村長が住民に対し避難を「勧告」、さらに急を要する時は「指示」できると規定。ただ、大雨時に住民が取るべき行動を示す警戒レベルでは、どちらも全員避難が求められる「レベル４」に該当し、違いが分かりにくいと指摘されていた。そのため改正案では「指示」に統一する。（2021/03/05-08:46）

The Japanese government Friday adopted a bill to scrap the category of evacuation advisory under the country's disaster warning system to integrate it into evacuation order.
   The bill to revise the basic law on disaster management will be submitted to the Diet, Japan's parliament. The government hopes to integrate the two categories in time for this year's rainy season.
   It will be the first time for the government to make any change to the evacuation advisory category since the law was established in 1961.
   Under the law, mayors issue evacuation advisories in the event of disasters and evacuation orders when situations are more serious.
   But many people find it difficult to tell the difference between the two because both fall under the category of Level 4 in the country's five-tier flood and landslide warning system, which requires all residents in the affected area to evacuate.