浸水被害２年で黙とう　千曲川決壊１７人死亡―長野市

　２０１９年の台風１９号による千曲川決壊から２年となった１３日、大規模な浸水被害を受けた長野市豊野地区で、地元住民らによる「１０．１３を伝えていく集い」が開かれた。地元の自治協議会などが主催し、参列者が１分間の黙とうをささげた。
　式典で加藤久雄長野市長は「改めて被害に遭われた方にお見舞いを申し上げたい。（今後も）心をひとつに、行政としても全力で対応したい」とあいさつした。
　登壇した玉井優さん（３６）は、自宅が２階の床まで水が流れ込み全壊した。県内の友人らが水や食料を手に駆け付けたといい、「助けてもらった恩を一生忘れることはない」と話した。
　倉田圭司さん（４０）も自宅が全壊。「来年も同じ規模の水害が起こるのではないか」と不安もあったが、土地への愛着から自宅を再建した。「被害が大きかった地域では、更地が目立つ。行政には安心だと思えるような治水対策を実施してほしい」と訴えた。（2021/10/13-12:32）

A minute of silent prayers was offered in the central Japan city of Nagano on Wednesday for the victims of extensive flooding caused by heavy rain from powerful Typhoon Hagibis two years ago.
   Residents remembered the victims at a ceremony held in the Toyono district in the capital of Nagano Prefecture.
   The flooding occurred as the torrential rain led to the collapse of a levee of the Chikuma River on Oct. 13, 2019, with the floodwater inundating about 4,300 houses in the city. Seventeen people lost their lives in the disaster in the prefectural capital, including 15 who died from indirect causes linked to the disaster.
   "I'd like to express my sympathies again to people hit by the disaster," Nagano Mayor Hisao Kato said at the memorial event. He also said that the city government will continue to work fully on supporting affected people.
   The house of local resident Yu Tamai, 36, who attended the ceremony, was destroyed by the floodwater that reached the second floor. At the time, Tamai received water and food supplies from friends living in Nagano Prefecture. "For the rest of my life, I'll never forget the help I received."