TOKYO, Sept. 24 (Xinhua) — Two individuals have been killed and tens of 1000’s of households left with out energy after Typhoon Talas lashed Japan’s Shizuoka Prefecture with heavy rains on Saturday.
A person in his 40s died after his home was hit by a landslide in Kakegawa, Shizuoka Prefecture, whereas a 29-year-old man was discovered lifeless after his automotive plunged right into a reservoir, Kyodo News reported.
In a separate landslide in Hamamatsu, additionally in Shizuoka Prefecture, three individuals together with a nine-year-old boy suffered gentle accidents, native broadcaster NHK mentioned.
Japanese provider Chubu Electric Power Grid mentioned that energy was reduce to about 120,000 households, and a landslide had knocked over two electrical energy pylons.
The fifteenth hurricane of the season, which got here only a week after a robust hurricane battered the nation’s southwest, noticed winds at its heart blowing at about 65 kph, with peak gusts of about 90 kph, in line with Japan’s Meteorological Agency.
The metropolis of Shizuoka was hit significantly onerous, with a document 417 mm of precipitation falling because the rain began Thursday, it mentioned.
The company has issued warnings about excessive waves, heavy rains, landslides and floods in central, jap and northern Japan, together with Tokyo.
Japan is at the moment in its hurricane season. Four individuals have been killed and 151 injured after Typhoon Nanmadol hit Kyushu final weekend.