Kumamoto earthquake 2 out of 272 dead in the prefecture certified disaster-related death August 19th 18:47
A 70-year-old man in Minamiaso village and a 80-year-old woman in Uki City who were affected by the Kumamoto earthquake three years ago and died later were newly recognized as disaster-related deaths and died in a series of earthquakes. There were 272 deaths in Kumamoto Prefecture.
Each municipality in Kumamoto Prefecture has received an application for disaster condolence money from the survivor's bereaved family, and is examining the jury for a disaster-related death that died due to physical condition deterioration in evacuation.
According to Minamiaso village, about a man in his 70s who died the month following the Kumamoto earthquake, he developed pneumonia immediately after being afflicted at a hospital in hospital, and then suddenly worsened. Newly recognized as a disaster-related death.
In addition, according to Uki City, a woman in her 80s who died half a year after the Kumamoto earthquake had her home destroyed completely and evacuated to a relative's home outside the prefecture, but she was repeatedly hospitalized and discharged, resulting in refuge life stress. I was newly recognized as a disaster-related death.
All disaster-related deaths were filed in the current fiscal year, and according to the prefecture, it was the first time in 10 months that a new disaster-related death was recognized in the prefecture.
In the series of Kumamoto earthquakes, municipalities in the prefecture recognized 216 disaster-related deaths, and the total number of deaths in the prefecture that died in the Kumamoto earthquake totaled 272.