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Damcollapsed in "Asia's poorest country".

Whatreporters have come to visit at the scene

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October23, 2018 15:11

「アジアの最貧国」でダム決壊。記者が現場で訪れて見えてきたこと

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The current state of thecountry

thathas to rely on dam development,

Atthe mercy of　Dam、

Thefigure of the villagers living around the dam.

In temporary evacuationcenters built in the southeast of Laos about three hours

by car fromAtterpe County,

People who evacuated to placeslike warehouses were drawn in

= In July 2018, Ryuta Somemadashooting

In July 2018,
In the middleof Southeast Asia, there was a large-scale dam collapse accident atLaos,

a population of about 7 million people.

It became international newsshortly after the occurrence

"Manyvillages were washed away with water

and20 thousand people were injured in the accident",

but

"Withthe passage of time the media will no longer report"

What happened in a countrycalled "the poorest Asia country?"

"It is the mercy of the Dam,

The current state of the country

that relies on dam development,

It was the figure of the villagers around the dam."

July 24th.
Iwas in Pattaya, Thailand.

I usuallyreside in Bangkok, Thailand, as a correspondent

of the asahinewspaper, but at this time I was traveling

with my familyusing the summer vacation.

I wassurprised to look over the smartphone.
Dam broke down in Laos andI found news that thousands

of people weredamaged.

"I felt abig accident happened."

In Japan, myheart felt uneasy because

of myexperience covering incidents and accidents.
Sure enough, afterseveral hours I got informed from my boss

"Can yousee the scene?"

In disasters,it is necessary to convey the atmosphere

of the siteimmediately after it occurs.

Take a ticketsoon and aim at Attapu Province via

the capitalVientiane along with an assistant who can speak Laos.

Iborrowed adriver who was driving in the Laos,

Iwant tried toapproach the accident site as much as possible.

WhenI went on a Bumpyroad like bumping my headover and over on the car's ceiling,

theplaza and the building cameinto sight.

In the story of aspokeswomanin Atterpe district in the southeastern part

of laos wherethere was dam collapse,

She said thatpeople took at the refugeing elementary school because of theDam collapse.

What kind offlood was theentire village being washed away?

I suppress theemotions andlisten to people.

"Runaway as soon as water comes."

About 8 pm onJuly 23,

Mr. Nyai (30)living in Banthin village near the dam was

multipliedby the voice by a village leader.

Hegathered his luggage while holding

hisfirst son in 1 year and 8 months in his left hand.

Whenhe was putting together his luggage, water suddenly came in thehouse.

"For the time being also a thing to take
He ran away from home.
I grasped the hand of the eldest daughter(8)
at home and went outside the door.
At that time, 
Eldest son I was holding,
has been Kidnapped with the flow of water"
Mr. Nyai
"About 2 kilometers of flood was washed away , 
I  Clinging was the treelike trees. 
Everything except the shirt was washed away, 
but the eldest daughter was safe.
I was Clinging  the tree for about 10 hours.
At the afternoon of the next day, I was rescued by a boat of rescue "
"Was relieved.But the next moment,
Why did  I got away My first son I was holding,
Regret feelings were welled up. "
Said Mr. Nyai.
It was such a story that my chest hurts as I hear it