Typhoon Talas lashes Japan, setting off landslides with more rains to come
by Staff with agencies from World news | The Guardian on (#640BS)
At least two people killed and 120,000 households without power as authorities urge caution for more landslides and flooding
A typhoon lashed central Japan on Saturday with torrential rain and fierce winds, killing two and leaving tens of thousands of households without power, the Kyodo news agency reported.
Shizuoka city, south-west of 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.
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