At Mt. Unzen in Nagasaki Prefecture, the rainfall from the beginning of the rainfall reached 1291.5 mm, which is 44% of the total annual rainfall.

Heavy rain left deep scars on the hot spring town at the foot of Mt. Unzen.

Search for missing continues

In Obama-cho, Unzen City, a corner of the hot spring town at the foot of Mt. Unzen, a landslide occurred before dawn on the 13th of this month, and two houses were washed away, leaving the whereabouts of the three parents and children lost.



After that, the bodies of the mother and daughter were found, but the father was still missing, and the police, fire department, and the Self-Defense Forces continued to search for 230 people on the 19th.

The hot spring town is hit hard by a landslide disaster

A landslide occurred around Unzen Jigoku, a famous place for Unzen Onsen, on the 13th of this month, causing damage such as sediment flowing into souvenir shops and hot spring water running out, and the museum has been closed. Accommodation is also available.



Nagasaki Prefecture dispatched a person in charge to inspect the site, check the damage situation, and interview the people involved in the affected accommodation facilities.

Kenji Nakazaki, director of the International Department of Culture and Tourism of the prefecture, said, "The scene that was very beautiful has changed completely and I was breathtaking. Since the source, which is an important resource, has also been lost, there are various obstacles to resuming business. I think there is. I want to think about what kind of support we can provide. "

Concerns that residents' evacuation life will be prolonged

There are also concerns about the lengthening of the evacuation life of local residents at Unzen Onsen.



The evacuation order has not been lifted because there is a risk of sediment-related disasters in the Unzen area.



At the temporary evacuation center, 49 people from 29 households were living in evacuation as of noon on the 19th, but they moved to a hotel in the hot spring town on the afternoon of the 19th because the evacuation life is expected to be prolonged.

Munetoshi Kato, a local autonomy chairman who has been forced to evacuate himself, said, "It is a disaster that I have never experienced of losing friends in the same area due to a landslide. Some of the evacuated people work at inns. I'm worried that we will be able to recover in the future. "