It has been four years since the occurrence of a series of Kumamoto earthquakes that killed 276 people, including related deaths.
Nearly 50,000 victims who lived in temporary housing secured housing, but more than 400 people are still forced to evacuate in the prefecture, and swift efforts for reconstruction of the affected areas Is required
99% of people secure a place to live
According to Kumamoto Prefecture, in the series of Kumamoto earthquakes, 4303 temporary housing units were constructed in 16 local governments in the prefecture, but they have been dismantled five years after the occurrence.
In the year following the earthquake, which was the most common in "deemed temporary housing" utilizing temporary housing and private rental housing, 20,255 households and 47,800 people were forced to evacuate, but 99% of the people have been evacuated so far. Has secured a place to live by rebuilding his home or moving into a disaster public housing.
418 people from 150 households evacuated
On the other hand, as of the end of March, 150 households and 418 people are still living in evacuation in the prefecture.
Of these, 96 households and 281 people are from Mashiki Town, which was hit by two shaking with a seismic intensity of 7.
Prospect does not stand to secure the residence for readjustment project by the province after the earthquake, such as the widening of reclamation and road does not end in the land, and some people are still forced to live, such as in temporary housing, reconstruction of the affected areas There is a need for swift action towards.
Kumamoto Prefecture says, "In Mashiki Town, some victims are affected by the land readjustment project, so I would like to continue to support until the last one rebuilds their lives."
In Mashiki Town, Keisa
On the 14th, five years after the Kumamoto earthquake, at the temporary housing in Kiyama, Mashiki-cho, people were seen walking nearby when the sky began to brighten before 6 am.
A 67-year-old man who said that his home in Mashiki-cho was completely destroyed by the earthquake five years ago and moved to this temporary housing from another temporary housing eight months ago said, "I don't want to think like that again." I did.