千叶县松户市——2003年，西泽修二和他的妻子购买了这套半地下层的公寓，当时瓷砖铺成的花园露台是吸引他们的主要原因。8月13日，这个露台成了洪水的入口。
Matsudo, Chiba Pref. - When Shuji Nishizawa and his wife bought their semi-basement apartment in 2003, the tiled garden terrace was the main draw. On Aug. 13, it became the floodwater’s way in.
如今，指着公寓地板上方1.8米处墙壁上留下的泥痕，60岁的西泽修二讲述了那天晚上暴雨来袭时水位迅速上升的情景。
Now, pointing to muddy lines that run across the walls 1.8 meters above the floor of his apartment, Nishizawa, 60, explains how the water rapidly rose during the torrential downpour that struck his neighborhood that evening.
作为自由职业的网络专家，西泽当时正在千叶县松户市的Sanctus Shinmatsudo公寓楼的公共区域，这时他的妻子冲进来告诉他，雨水从地面开始涌上楼梯，积聚在他们的露台上。
Nishizawa, a self-employed web specialist, was in the common area of Sanctus Shinmatsudo, a 10-story apartment complex in Matsudo, Chiba Prefecture, when his wife rushed in to tell him that rainwater had begun gushing down the steps from ground level and pooling on their terrace.