Two huge earthquakes 17 years apart robbed Shoichi Miyakoshi first of his wife, and then his home. Now, his temporary dwelling flooded after heavy rains deluged Japan’s Noto Peninsula, he must start afresh again.
Record rainfall inundated the former sushi chef’s small two-room home in a temporary complex built after an earthquake on January 1 devastated areas on the Sea of Japan coast.
“It’s now September and will soon be October, then the winter will be right here,” Miyakoshi told AFP, sitting on a folded futon covered in mud, sorting through his belongings.
“I thought I was finally settled here and would have a warm winter around the next New Year’s Day,” the 76-year-old said.
“I have to start over, through another cold winter”.
Six people were killed as the Ishikawa region was blighted by landslides and burst rivers over the weekend, with military personnel sent to aid recovery efforts.
Around 4,000 households still had no power on Monday …