Typhoon dumps record rainfall, eight dead, 33 missing in Japan
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Tokyo - Typhoon Talas dumped record rainfall in many areas of Japan, leaving eight dead and 33 missing as officials warned of flooding and mudslides, news reports said Sunday.
One woman died and seven people were missing after two houses were swept away by a swollen river in Totsukawa village, Nara prefecture Saturday night. A 73-year-old man was killed by a mudslide in the same village, broadcaster NHK said.
Authorities urged tens of thousands of households to evacuate in many areas as more rain was expected.
Rainfall of 50-70 millimetres per hour was forecast for some areas in the Kinki and Tokai regions Sunday, the agency said.
The season's 12th typhoon was travelling northward slowly off the coast Sanin as of 9 am (0000 GMT) after making its way across western , the agency said.
Officials said the storm had sustained winds of 72 kilometres per hour and gusts of 108 kilometres per hour.
The slow-moving typhoon made landfall on the south-western island of Shikoku Saturday morning.
Some 1,900 homes were inundated in eastern and western Japan and about 38,845 households in seven prefectures suffered power outages, NHK reported.//DPA
One woman died and seven people were missing after two houses were swept away by a swollen river in Totsukawa village, Nara prefecture Saturday night. A 73-year-old man was killed by a mudslide in the same village, broadcaster NHK said.
Authorities urged tens of thousands of households to evacuate in many areas as more rain was expected.
Rainfall of 50-70 millimetres per hour was forecast for some areas in the Kinki and Tokai regions Sunday, the agency said.
The season's 12th typhoon was travelling northward slowly off the coast Sanin as of 9 am (0000 GMT) after making its way across western , the agency said.
Officials said the storm had sustained winds of 72 kilometres per hour and gusts of 108 kilometres per hour.
The slow-moving typhoon made landfall on the south-western island of Shikoku Saturday morning.
Some 1,900 homes were inundated in eastern and western Japan and about 38,845 households in seven prefectures suffered power outages, NHK reported.//DPA
