Typhoon lashes central Japan killing one
24/09/2022 03:55
TOKYO, Sept 24 (Reuters) - A typhoon lashed central
Japan on Saturday with torrential rain and fierce winds,
triggering a landslide that killed one man, the Kyodo news
agency reported.
Some parts of the region southwest of the capital, Tokyo,
got up to 200 mm (7.8 inches) of rain in the 24 hours up to
Saturday morning, the Japan Meteorological Agency said.
Winds at the centre of the Typhoon Talas were blowing at
about 65 kph (40 mph), with peak gusts of about 90 kph (56 mph),
it said.
Power was cut to about 120,000 households, as of Saturday
morning, according to the Chubu Electric Power Grid Co, and
Central JR 9022.T suspended some of its bullet trains
services.
A man in his 40s was killed in a landslide, Kyodo reported,
and a 29-year-old man was found dead after his car plunged into
a reservoir. Police were investigating whether that death was
caused by the typhoon.
Typhoon Nanmadol, one of the biggest storms to hit Japan in
years, killed at least two people and brought ferocious winds
and record rainfall to the west of the country on Monday.
(Reporting by Sakura Murakami; Editing by Robert Birsel)
((Sakura.Murakami@thomsonreuters.com;))