Sagamihara Midori Ward, October 15 18:31
In Sagamihara City, where landslides occurred in dozens of places in the city due to the influence of Typhoon No. 19, couples in their 80s living in mountainous areas escaped their difficulties by evacuating early, although their houses were swept away by earth and sand. It was.
At the home of Mr. Shigenori Yanagawa (86), Kawajiri, Midori-ku, Sagamihara City, a nearby mountain caused a landslide due to the typhoon, and the second floor of the house was swept away to the nearby road.
Mr. Yanagawa was evacuated to a friend's house with his 83-year-old wife who lived with him at 2:00 pm on the 12th before the typhoon approached, but he was not involved in a landslide, but he has lived for about 50 years. I lost my home.
There is a clock that stopped at “9:30”, which is considered to be the time when the house was swallowed by the earth and sand, and Mr. Yanagawa, who returned to seeing the situation, was able to escape the difficulty by early evacuation. I was relieved.
Mr. Yanagawa said, “My home is full of memories and it ’s a sad word and I ’m just worried about whether I can live a new life. The reason why we were over 80 was saved because we evacuated early was good. "