Marumori, hit hard by Typhoon Hagibis, begins cleanup

Flooding and 150 landslides kill at least seven there; water supply to town still not resumed

Marumori residents cleaning up a house that was affected by flooding caused by Typhoon Hagibis last Monday. PHOTO: REUTERS Residents and volunteers at the trash collection point in Marumori town in Miyagi prefecture yesterday, a week after Typhoon Ha
Residents and volunteers at the trash collection point in Marumori town in Miyagi prefecture yesterday, a week after Typhoon Hagibis swept through Japan. The Environment Ministry estimates that several million tonnes of waste, including furniture and appliances, will need to be disposed of. This far exceeds the 1.9 million tonnes of waste from last year's heavy-rain disaster. ST PHOTO: WALTER SIM
Marumori residents cleaning up a house that was affected by flooding caused by Typhoon Hagibis last Monday. PHOTO: REUTERS Residents and volunteers at the trash collection point in Marumori town in Miyagi prefecture yesterday, a week after Typhoon Ha
Marumori residents cleaning up a house that was affected by flooding caused by Typhoon Hagibis last Monday. PHOTO: REUTERS
Marumori residents cleaning up a house that was affected by flooding caused by Typhoon Hagibis last Monday. PHOTO: REUTERS Residents and volunteers at the trash collection point in Marumori town in Miyagi prefecture yesterday, a week after Typhoon Ha
RETIREE KATSUSHI OKAZAKI.
Walter Sim In Marumori (Miyagi)
Updated
Oct 21, 2019, 04:40 AM
Published
Oct 20, 2019, 05:00 AM
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This is the fourth time Mercy Relief has responded to a disaster in Japan, Mr Khairul said.

This follows the Great East Japan earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster on March 11, 2011, the Kumamoto earthquakes in 2016 and the heavy-rain disaster across wide areas of western Japan, including Okayama and Hiroshima, last year.

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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Sunday Times on October 20, 2019, with the headline Marumori, hit hard by Typhoon Hagibis, begins cleanup. Subscribe

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