Typhoon Talas lashes Japan, killing 2
- A man in his 40s was killed in a landslide and a 29-year-old man was found dead after his car plunged into a reservoir
- Power was also cut to about 120,000 households, while three people were injured in a mudslide in Shizuoka prefecture
Shizuoka city, southwest of the capital, Tokyo, was hit especially hard, seeing a record 417mm (16.42 inches) of precipitation since the rain started on Thursday, the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) said.
Winds at the centre of Typhoon Talas were blowing at about 65km/h (40mph), with peak gusts of about 90km/h, it said.
A man in his 40s was killed in a landslide and a 29-year-old man was found dead after his car plunged into a reservoir, Kyodo reported.
Power was also cut to about 120,000 households, supplier Chubu Electric Power Grid Co said, adding that a landslide had knocked over two electricity pylons.
“We apologise deeply for the inconvenience caused by this power outage. The outage is being prolonged due to landslides, among other factors, but we are doing all we can to fix it as swiftly as possible,” the company said on Twitter.
By Saturday afternoon, power had returned to most households, though some 2,800 were still without power. Chubu Electric Power Grid estimated that it would take a few months for the pylons to be restored, according to Kyodo.