Lagatar24 desk
New Delhi, Sept 25: After Typhoon Talas dumped record-breaking rainfall on the area on Sunday, causing floods and landslides and leaving at least two people dead, thousands of people in central Japan were left without running water and electricity.
A landslide in Kakegawa city, Shizuoka area, wrecked the man’s home, which was where his body was found on Saturday, a regional disaster management official told AFP.
“Another male (in neighbouring Fukuroi city) was driving to his home (Saturday) when the water level rose and his vehicle apparently stopped. While the individual tried to walk home, he was believed to have died,” the official said.
He stated that a further man was still unaccounted for in Kawanehoncho town, Shizuoka, after his car slid into a gap that appeared in the road. He also mentioned that three other people received minor wounds.
According to the Japan Meteorological Agency, Typhoon Talas pummelling central Japan on Friday and Saturday as it passed by close off the Pacific coast, pouring more than 40 centimetres (16 inches) of rain in Shizuoka villages in a single day.
Before heading back out to the Pacific on Saturday morning, it was downgraded to a depression.
Up to 120,000 homes may have lost power on Saturday as a result of the storm’s heavy rains creating landslides, especially in the isolated mountains of Shizuoka. This is because numerous electricity pylons fell and broke as a result.
Notably, last weekend, Typhoon Nanmadol slammed into southwestern Japan, killing four people and injuring 147 others.
