62 years after the Isewan Typhoon In memory of the victims A total of 5098 dead and unknown

A memorial service was held in Nagoya City on the 26th, 62 years after the Isewan Typhoon, which hit the Tokai region in 1959 and left more than 5,000 dead and missing.

The Isewan Typhoon hit the Tokai region on September 26, 1959, and 5098 people were killed or missing due to large-scale storm surges and floods.

Of these, 1851 were dead or missing, and 530,000 were the victims of the disaster. In Nagoya, on the morning of the 26th, a memorial service was held in front of a memorial monument in Heiwa Park in Chikusa Ward. rice field.

Twenty-two executives from Nagoya City attended and offered a minute of silence, then handed flowers to the memorial monument one by one to mourn the victims and vowed not to let the lessons of the Isewan Typhoon fade. rice field.

Deputy Mayor Hideo Nakata of Nagoya City, who attended, said, "I strongly felt that we must not forget that many citizens died 62 years ago. The staff members who attended today are all born after the Isewan typhoon. I want to remember this disaster and prepare for a disaster that I do not know when it will happen. "

Memorial festival in Mie Yokkaichi

62 years ago today, the Isewan Typhoon that hit the Tokai region on September 26, 1959 killed more than 1,200 people in Mie Prefecture alone.

Of these, in Yokkaichi City, where more than 110 people were killed or missing, a memorial ceremony was held every year in front of the memorial monument in the park of Tomidaisshikicho, which was particularly damaged. Since the emergency declaration of the new coronavirus has been issued in Mie Prefecture, the ceremony inviting guests was canceled and the bereaved family and others donated flowers.

While it was raining, about 30 bereaved families and local residents who gathered with umbrellas turned their flowers to the flower stand and quietly joined hands.

A 73-year-old woman who lost her father said, "I ran to the second floor of the building at that time, but the water came to the last minute and I thought,'I'm dying here.' Some people don't know that time. Is fading. "