◆ Takahata Town is Accepting 70 Disaster Victims. @@

Takahata Town is accepting 70 disaster victims, including a family of four from Namie Town.

　On the 14th, at the Takahata Town Central Community Center, a family of four who evacuated from Namie Town, Fukushima Prefecture—a 53-year-old man, his 47-year-old wife, their 16-year-old high school first-year daughter, and their 12-year-old elementary school sixth-year daughter—sought refuge.
　The family, who had evacuated to higher ground, witnessed their home, located 300 meters from the coast, being swept away by the tsunami. "Everything is over." The man, who was in despair for a time, reconsidered, saying, "Some people have died. It's enough that our whole family is alive." Aiming to get as far away as possible from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, they traveled by car from one evacuation center to another, heading for this prefecture where lifelines had been restored.