Typhoon lashes central Japan, killing two

TOKYO (Reuters) -A storm lashed central Japan on Saturday with torrential rain and fierce winds, killing two and leaving tens of hundreds of households with out energy, the Kyodo information company reported.

Shizuoka metropolis, southwest of the capital, Tokyo, was hit particularly laborious, seeing a file 417 mm (16.42 inches) of precipitation for the reason that rain began on Thursday, the Japan Meteorological Company (JMA) stated.

Winds on the centre of Storm Talas have been blowing at about 65 kph (40 mph), with peak gusts of about 90 kph (56 mph), it stated.

A person in his 40s was killed in a landslide and a 29-year-old man was discovered lifeless after his automotive plunged right into a reservoir, Kyodo reported.

Energy was additionally minimize to about 120,000 households, provider Chubu Electrical Energy Grid Co stated, including {that a} landslide had knocked over two electrical energy pylons.

“We apologise deeply for the inconvenience brought on by this energy outage. The outage is being extended as a consequence of landslides, amongst different elements, however we’re doing all we are able to to repair it as swiftly as potential,” the corporate stated on Twitter.

By Saturday afternoon, energy had returned to the vast majority of households, although some 2,800 have been nonetheless with out energy. Chubu Electrical Energy Grid estimated that it will take a couple of months for the pylons to be restored, in line with Kyodo.

Central JR restarted a few of its bullet prepare providers, which had been suspended from Friday night due to the rain.

Though the JMA downgraded the storm to an extratropical cyclone on Saturday morning, it forecast additional torrential rain in Shizuoka and urged warning for landslides and flooding.

Yokohama metropolis, some 30 km south of Tokyo, additionally issued an evacuation advisory at about midday on Saturday to about 3,000 residents.

Storm Nanmadol, one of many largest storms to hit Japan in years, killed a minimum of two individuals and introduced ferocious winds and file rainfall to the west of the nation on Monday.

(Reporting by Sakura Murakami; Modifying by Robert Birsel and Gerry Doyle)