It has been five days since the heavy rains in northern Kyushu, where 40 people have died and two people are missing in Fukuoka and Oita prefectures.


In Asakura City, Fukuoka Prefecture, where the damage was severe, officials from the city hall offered a silent prayer and mourned the victims.

The heavy rains in northern Kyushu five years ago killed 40 people in Fukuoka and Oita prefectures.



Of these, in Asakura City, Fukuoka Prefecture, a series of landslides and flooding of rivers have killed 33 people, and two are still missing.



On the 5th, five years after the heavy rain, when the city hall called for silence on the agency broadcast at 10 am, Mayor Yuji Hayashi, city officials, and visitors quietly closed their eyes and sacrificed. I mourned.



A woman in her 50s who visited the city hall said, "I feel pain when I think of the people affected by the disaster. I always think about what I should do to protect myself and my family." rice field.



In Asakura City, widening of damaged rivers and road repair work are still underway.



Mayor Hayashi said, "Although the rivers and roads damaged by the disaster are being improved and restored, many citizens are still forced to live inconveniently. I want to put more effort into getting it back and living with peace of mind. "