“Road flooding” remains in Dorareko What is a 4-minute event from home? Tochigi Oct. 15 19:50

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In Ashikaga City, Tochigi Prefecture, this typhoon was stuck on a road flooded by a man heading to a refuge. The man testified, “I didn't know where the road was running because it was flooded.

From where you can see the road to your rice field

In Ashikaga City, Tochigi Prefecture, the road was flooded due to the heavy rain and the family headed for the evacuation center was submerged on the 12th of this month. It was.

Shigeru Shimada (67), who lives nearby, was washed away by car with water overflowing from the river at the same location on the way to the evacuation center.

The drive recorder on Shimada's car recorded the road conditions until he was stuck.

Around 8:40 pm on the 12th of this month, when Mr. Shimada left home, it was raining heavily and the water splashed up occasionally, but the water was not collected and the road surface could be seen.

If you turn the road along the rice field and follow the road that leads to the evacuation shelter, you will see water splashing so that you can no longer see the front.

As you move further, the washed rice straw will be scattered on the road, and you can see the water overflowing from the river flowing from right to left on the screen.

If you slow down and pass through the place, the road ahead was not flooded, but after a while, the water is flowing more vigorously than before, and it is not clear where the road ends.

Then, as the car was slowly swept to the left and fell into the rice field, the headlights soon disappeared. It was only 4 minutes after leaving home so far.

When it was swept down and dropped into the rice field, the car's alarm sound continued to sound, and a voice such as “May die” was recorded, indicating a tense situation.

Mr. Shimada "I should have been evacuating earlier"

Mr. Shimada left the house with his wife by car at 8:30 pm on the 12th of this month when the typhoon was approaching. When it started running, it was raining, but there was no water on the road.

However, when we approached the site, a large amount of water flowed from the river and derailed to the rice field, making it impossible to control the car. When Shimada-san began to be swept away, he kicked the door with his feet and evacuated.

As for the situation at the time, Mr. Shimada said, “The area was dark and I didn't know where the road was flooded. I desperately got out of the car and got into the water and prepared for death. I just had to evacuate, and now I have to make sure which way is safe to go to the shelter. "

On the other hand, according to Noriko Yamamoto's eldest daughter, at around 8:30 pm, the fire department heard a call for evacuation, so six families at home shared two cars and headed to the evacuation center. is.

Mr. Yamamoto was in a car driven by the eldest daughter, but the car was washed away and it was said that it was immediately flooded to the chest. I grabbed the roof and waited for rescue, but Mr. Yamamoto died of hypothermia.

Mr. Yamamoto always said that he was a gentle mother with a smile, and the eldest daughter said, “We had to evacuate because we had an elderly parent. "I feel sorry if I think I could have prevented it," he said.

Neighboring men "The way to evacuate"

A man living in the neighborhood of Mr. Yamamoto who died said, “At around 8:00 pm, the fire brigade came around and called for evacuation. I heard that and evacuated to a nearby public hall with my mother. I was forced to pass the road on the spot, "he said.

In addition, the self-government chairman of Teraoka-cho, Ashikaga City, the site, said, “To go to the evacuation center, you have to take the path that Mr. Yamamoto has taken and there is room to reconsider the location of the evacuation center.” It was.