犠牲者に祈り、復興へ誓い　台風１９号から２年、福島・宮城

　東日本に記録的豪雨をもたらし甚大な被害を出した２０１９年の台風１９号から１２日で２年。浸水や土砂崩れにより、大きな被害を受けた福島県と宮城県丸森町では遺族らが犠牲者に祈りをささげ、復興への誓いを新たにした。
　関連死６人を含め３６人が犠牲になった福島県では午前９時から、県庁で職員らが１分間黙とう。災害対策課の平野井徹課長は「県民に『いつ、どこに避難するか』を日ごろから考えてもらう取り組みを進め、減災に努めたい」と語った。
　同１０時からは、丸森町が追悼式を開き、遺族ら８０人が参列した。同町では関連死１人を含め１１人が犠牲となった。
　追悼式では遺族代表の天野民子さん（７０）が「悲しみを乗り越え、少しでも前を向いて進んでいくことが残された私たちの使命だ」と涙ながらに語った。天野さんの母大槻竹子さん＝当時（９２）＝ら親族３人は土砂崩れに巻き込まれて死亡し、妹の小野正子さん＝同（６３）＝も行方不明となっている。（2021/10/12-11:58）

Victims of a powerful typhoon that caused massive flooding and landslides in Japan two years ago were remembered Tuesday, with mourners vowing anew to promote postdisaster reconstruction.
   At the Fukushima prefectural government office, staff employees observed a minute of silence from 9 a.m. (midnight Monday GMT). "We will try to reduce damage from possible future disasters by encouraging residents to think about when and where to evacuate," Toru Hiranoi, head of the prefectural government's disaster response division, said.
   In the northeastern prefecture, the death toll from Typhoon Hagibis, which made landfall in Japan on Oct. 12, 2019, totaled 36, including six people who died due to indirect causes.
   In the town of Marumori in neighboring Miyagi Prefecture, a memorial service was held from 10 a.m. Tuesday, bringing together 80 participants, including bereaved relatives. In the town, 11 people lost their lives in the typhoon. One of them died of a cause indirectly related to the disaster.
   "We who survived the disaster must overcome the grief, and look forward and move on, even if only a little," Tamiko Amano, 70, said in tears at the ceremony, representing those who lost their loved ones in the typhoon. Three of Amano's relatives, including her mother, Takeko Otsuki, then, 92, died in a landslide unleashed by the torrential rain from the typhoon. Her sister, Masako Ono, then, 63, remains unaccounted for.