Kumamoto Kumamura Silenced at the temporary classroom at the elementary school next to "Senjuen" 12:34 on August 4th
In Kuma-mura, Kumamoto Prefecture, where 25 people died on the 4th, a month after a record heavy rain, elementary school children who were damaged by flooding of the school building offered silence.
In Kuma Village, a total of 25 people were killed, including 14 people who died in Senjuen, a nursing home for the elderly, which was flooded by the heavy rain.
At Watari Elementary School next to Senjuen, the ceiling on the first floor of the school building could not be used for water, so a temporary classroom was set up in a playground of another elementary school that was not damaged by flooding, and classes started from 3 days. Has resumed.
While the disaster prevention radio siren rang at 9 a.m. on the 4th, one month after the record heavy rain, the children at Watari Elementary School silently held in the temporary classroom for one minute and mourned the victims. It was
A 6th grade schoolgirl said, “It was a tough month to find a home to live in since there were no more places to live in elementary school and homes. I want to do my best to live up to the 25 dead people I was talking."