Heavy rain in the center of Kumamoto Kuma village collapsed the national road running in the center of the village July 13 at 18:39
In Kuma Village, which suffered a great deal of damage due to record-breaking heavy rain, the national highways running through the center of the village are inaccessible, and the residents are cleaning up their houses with a few manpower.
National Highway 219, which runs through the center of Kuma Village, is impassable due to the collapse of the road surface on both Hitoyoshi and Yatsushiro. On the other hand, from the side of Hitoyoshi City, it is allowed to walk to the center of the village by using the mountain road, so the NHK news gathering group walked about 30 minutes on the 13th to the center of the village. It has entered.
A week has passed in the central area where the government offices are located, and even now, a lot of driftwood and debris are left on the grounds of houses and guardrails beside the road. Also, a large tree was left on the bridge running through the Kuma River, and part of the balustrade was gone. If you use a different mountain road, ordinary people can enter the center by car, but the road is narrow and it takes about an hour and a half to pass, so there are many people who clean up the house. It was about to be seen.
Kazuro Tomojiri (53) from Hitoyoshi City, who was cleaning up his parents' house, said, “Light tigers are also used in water to clean up debris that has washed away, so we are cleaning the house. I reached it by turning it, but it's very inconvenient without a national road."
In addition, Takehon Katsuhisa who had been cleaning up at the couple in another housing (49) If there is a "national highway, to arrive at 15 minutes from the Hitoyoshi city, becomes impassable, prospect that can carry coarse debris with No. I'm thinking about moving because I can't live in this place anymore."
On the other hand, the village office on the hill has not been damaged and has become an evacuation center along with the neighboring building. According to Yuji Matsufune of the General Affairs Division, the electricity was restored in the surrounding area, but the water was cut off. Matsufune says, "It's been a week since the heavy rain, and some people have been lying in bed since daytime, and I'm at the peak of my fatigue. I want to do everything I can to have a comfortable refuge life. I was talking."
And depends on the prefecture, between from 219 issue Hitoyoshi national highway to Kuma village office, but is that is complete the restoration work to be able to one-sided way in to this month 21 days, the prospect of the entire recovery, including Yatsushiro side stand That is not.