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Takeo and Omachi start accepting disaster victim certificates One after another to rebuild their lives

Takeo and Omachi start accepting disaster victim certificates One after another to rebuild their lives

Saga Economy and Politics

Shin Itoyama, Wataru Yamashita

Takeo and Omachi start accepting disaster certificates Victims to rebuild their lives one after another

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Takeo City staff explaining how to fill out an application form to disaster victims waiting in line (third from the left in the foreground)

On the 18th, Takeo City and Omachi Town in Saga Prefecture started accepting applications for disaster victims certificates, which are necessary to receive public support. After intermittent rains, there was a lull, and the affected people took a step toward rebuilding their lives.

According to Takeo City's own survey, about 1,650 houses in the city were damaged by flooding above and below the floor, and about 80 victims lined up before the opening of the city hall to apply. At 1:30 pm, the number of numbered tickets distributed reached 262 people, so the reception was closed. From the 19th, it will be up to 200 people a day.

Ms. Emi Noda (51), a company employee from Shihisa Kitakata-cho, Takeo City, who lives with her husband on the second floor after her home was flooded up to about 120 centimeters above the floor, said, "After the previous disaster, we remodeled and installed home appliances. Everything was submerged in water again.There is a Buddhist altar, and I have no choice but to live here..."

 A dozen or so victims visited the Omachi Town Hall from 9:00 am, when the reception started, and proceeded with the procedures. Kazuto Takeya, a company employee in Fukumo, the same town, had his house flooded by about one meter. "The water level was higher than the heavy rain two years ago. It feels like it happened again." The appliances that I just bought are no longer usable. He said that it took a full year to repair his home after the previous disaster, and he said, "This time it might take even longer." (Shin Itoyama, Wataru Yamashita)