A 90-year-old man who is far away In the flooded home, the body was evacuated.
Mr. Jiro Saito (90) from Kakuda City, Miyagi Prefecture, was found dead in a flooded house on the 14th of this month.
According to the residents of the neighborhood, a tributary of the Abukuma River that flows nearby due to heavy rain due to Typhoon No. 19 flooded, and a large area was flooded with water, so Saito's home was still inundated to about 1 m above the floor. There are still marks.
According to a relative's man, neighbors visited the house many times to call for evacuation, and family members living outside the prefecture made phone calls, but there was no response.
Since Saito-san is living alone and has a long ear, he usually wore a hearing aid, but when he went to sleep, he removed it and could not hear the call for evacuation.
Saito continued to teach at elementary and junior high schools in the prefecture for over 30 years until 1989 and served as the head of a local elementary school.
Even after retirement, he served as the head of the local ward and the public hall, and played an indispensable role in the community.
Saito-san's cousin Masahiko Meguro (72), who lives nearby, said, “It was a good-hearted and good-loved person. I ’m very sad and disappointed ”.