Typhoon Talas approached Japan’s coast on Saturday, causing torrential rains and landslides that left one dead and several injured, a week after four people were killed in another cyclone.
A man in his 40s was killed in Kakegawa, central Shizuoka prefecture, when his house was swept away by a landslide, state television NHK and local media reported on Saturday.
Gusts up to 90 km/h
In Hamamatsu, also in Shizuoka prefecture, another landslide caused three minor injuries, according to NHK. Police could not immediately confirm this information.
According to the Japan Meteorological Agency, the typhoon hit the Pacific Ocean at 6 am (11 pm Paris time) on Saturday, about 100 kilometers south of Shizuka prefecture. It was heading northeast, accompanied by gusts of wind of up to 90 km / h.
The agency warned that strong waves, torrential rain, rock slides and flooding could affect central, eastern and northern Japan, including Tokyo.
Four deaths last week
Japan is hit by about twenty typhoons every year, between summer and autumn. Last week, four people died and 151 were injured when Typhoon Nanmadol hit the southwest of the archipelago.
Climate change is increasing the severity of these extreme weather events, scientists say.
Source: BFM TV
