By YUICHI INOUE/ Staff Writer
November 12, 2019 at 14:20 JST
Ikuo Takahashi, 77, removed all his furniture and other items from his house after flood waters from Typhoon No. 19 almost reached the ceiling. He turned on two oil stoves to dry out the house in Motomiya, Fukushima Prefecture, but he expects it will be a year before it is liveable again. Takahashi said Nov. 11 that his wife told him they can't live there anymore, but he has a strong emotional attachment to the house he has lived in for so many years. This month, he started living in a rented house with relatives, including his sister, daughter and grandson. Still, he returns to the house each day to clean and dry it out. “I am tired, so I can’t finish cleaning up so quickly,” Takahashi said. (Yuta Takahashi)
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