Men are missing in the flooded river Hyogo Kamiguncho August 16 5:04

On the night of 15th, a 71-year-old man who was trapping ayu in Kamiguncho, Hyogo Prefecture lost his whereabouts, and the police and firefighters were swept away by a river that was flooded by rain due to a typhoon. I am going to do a search.

It is Noriyuki Kumagusu (71) from Sayo-cho, Hyogo, who has lost his whereabouts.

According to the police, at around 10:30 pm on the 15th, the fire-fighting son informed that the father-in-law was swept away from the son-in-law of 40s in the 40-year-old son of Kumagusu in the Chikusa River flowing through Kamiguncho Sakurai.

The two caught fish by netting around the river from around noon on the 15th, and when they tried to enter the river after 10pm and collect the net, Kumagusu disappeared. .

According to the fire department, the river at the site was about 80 cm higher than usual due to rain caused by a typhoon, and it was about 1 cm 80 cm deep.

The police and the fire department thought that Kumagusu was swept away by the river that was flooded and searched the vicinity, but because they were not found, they decided to search again from 6 am.